The objective of the Situational Analysis was to: … to identify the current constraints and opportunities for NCVET as a result of the broader environmental context in which it operates. The resultant report will then be used to inform STVET project’s planned institutional capacity assessment of NCVET. 

More particularly, the scope of the Situational Analysis was to include attention to: 

NCVET’s history and the terms of its establishment. 

the roles of all relevant stakeholders and their current operational status. It will also cover the structure of NCVET as well as the structures around NCVET—for example the structures that govern the way NCVET interacts with other stakeholders such as government. 

relevant laws, regulations and standards that govern the operation of NCVET. 

NCVET’s funding mechanisms (where information is available). 

Description of actual services provided by your staff within the assignment: 

• Document Analysis  

• A consultative meeting was held 

• Find respondents for individual interviews  

• Development of interview questions 

• Organised Consultative Meeting 

• Evaluation of Study  

Data and information were collected using two methods; a desk study (literature review), and key informant interviews (KII). 

In addition, two consultation workshops were conducted with stakeholders: 

• First – Entry Consultation – Workshop. At the start of the Situational Analysis; for a preliminary exchange of insights, and 

• Second – Closing Consultation – Workshop. At the end of the Situational Analysis; to introduce the results of the Situational Analysis in the draft Final Report, and to provide for follow-up. 

Contributions to (and feedback from) the Second – Closing Consultation – Workshop, were used to supplement the first (draft) version of the Final Report of the NCVET Situational Analysis; to provide this, the revised version.