Abstract/Summary

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has promoted collaboration between TVET institutions and the private sector for better skills provision. However, there is still scepticism about collaboration between both parties. This article employs qualitative data to investigate different forms and degrees of collaboration between training providers and companies. It also examines the challenges within collaboration.

The findings reveal various forms of collaboration between training providers and companies. Most collaborations involve student internships, job announcement dissemination, curriculum development, consultative meetings, and workplace visits. In contrast, some forms like apprenticeship, industrial skills training, and research and development are rare or absent. Although beneficial to training providers and companies, most collaborations are conducted irregularly and ad hoc.

Simply put, the collaborations are generally small-scale and at low intensity. Such collaborations cannot be built, strengthened, or intensified due to a lack of funding and resources, limited capacity of institutions and instructors, lack of trust in the quality of TVET programs, limited integration of collaborations, limited enforcement of legal frameworks and policies in supporting collaboration, and lack of mutual benefits of collaborations. Therefore, improving these challenges can help training providers collaborate closely with private companies.

The link access to the paper: https://tvet-online.asia/22/collaboration-in-the-cambodian-tvet-sector-why-does-it-matter/