An Improved Employability Skills Model and its\ud Compliance Through Vocational Educational System in Bahrain

摘要

The globalisation along with the interdependence of various economies has resulted in creating\udextra dimension to the employability skills requirements. Various socio-economic indicators\udhave increased the pressure on vocational education sector and changed it from supply driven to demand\uddriven by the labour market requirements to minimise the existing employability skills gap. The paper\udpresents a study that has been conducted to identify the existing skills gap between School Based\udLearning (SBL) and Work Based Learning (WBL) in Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) System\udin Bahrain by asking teachers, Human Resources departments from industry, and industrial supervisors\udto complete questionnaires. Their answers have been analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Based\udon these drawn conclusions, an improved employability skills model has been developed which shows\udthe importance of the required skills. This model will be the basis for suggested modifications in SBL\udand WBL structure in TVE in Bahrain.\udKeywords: School Based Learning (SBL), Work Based Learning (WBL), Technical and Vocational\udEducatio(TVE), Employability, Skills, Cognitive, Affective, Psychomotor