Standards for Occupation-Directed Professional Development of TVET Personnel in Developing Countries

In the last two decades, a process of developing standards for occupation-directed education, training and development has come from the Anglo-American countries. It can now be seen in many countries all over the world, not only in developing, but also in transitional and developed economies. It seems to be not understated that the establishment and acceptance of national teacher qualification standards (NTQS), not only for the education and training of the workforce, but also for vocational and technical teaching staff, has set in motion radical changes and improvements. Nevertheless, some undesirable consequences are possible. In the United States of America and the United Kingdom—the countries having the longest and most extensive experience with national qualification standards—these consequences are becoming more and more visible and a topic for scientific and public discussion.