Technical and Vocational Training Corporation

The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation is a training institute in Saudi Arabia. In existence since 23 June 1980, it has branches in all major Saudi cities.
The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation is a Saudi organization that provides technical and vocational training programs for males and females according to the quantitative and qualitative demands of the labor market. It is the government agency concerned with technical and vocational training in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since 1400 AH / 1980 AD. The Council of Ministers Resolution No. dated Shaban 14, 1428 AH was issued to reorganize it and define its tasks and objectives.
The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation offers several training programs in its training facilities, as well as in strategic partnerships institutes and international technical colleges. In addition, it offers training programs in private training facilities, and flexible community support programs. The total number of TVTC facilities reaches 260, covering all parts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Beginnings

ReferencesSome researchers believe that the beginning of technical and vocational education was in the Hijaz, where multiple factors influenced the course of the educational movement in general, and technical and vocational education in particular. In 1328 AH / 1908 AD, an industrial school was opened in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, to which teachers were sent from Istanbul. One of the most important government schools that combined public education and technical education during the unification period of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was the Rasheediyya School, which was established between 1301 and 1303 AH / 1881-1883 AD. It used to teach the subjects of measurements, compound numbers, fractions, calligraphy, drawing, bookkeeping principles, arithmetic, flat and stereoscopic geometry, trigonometry, Islamic sciences, Arabic language, sociology, carpentry, blacksmithing, and Shoe manufacturing. Technical and vocational education was also started by establishing an Industrial school in Jeddah during the reign of King Abdulaziz in 1369 AH. The period of study there was three years after the primary school, then the study was altered to a five-year system after the primary stage, and it was called industrial secondary school. Then it was followed by the four-year system after primary school, and it was called the industrial intermediate school. The first industrial secondary school in the Kingdom was opened in 1380 AH / 1961 AD, and it was called the College of Industries.

TVTC establishment and development

The beginnings of technical and vocational training in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia go back to an early stage, as it was divided between three government agencies at that time:

Secondary technical education was correlated with the Ministry of Education.
Vocational training was related to the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
The Institutes of Technical Assistants were linked to the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs.

Due to the government's interest in preparing the workforce in technical and vocational fields and the increasing need to qualify Saudi youth in technical and vocational fields, it has been decided that all areas of technical and vocational training will be under one organization. Therefore, Royal Decree No. dated 8/10/1400 AH was issued to establish the General Organization for Technical Education and Vocational Training, which includes technical institutes and vocational training centers under its umbrella.
Accordingly, the organization began to carry out its tasks by developing programs and human resources in line with the country's responsibility to meet the needs of the business sector. As a result, the urgent need to create highly qualified national cadres capable of advancing the requirements of the ambitious development plans of the state was apparent. This need has been culminated in the issuance of High Order No. dated 7 / 3 / 1403H, which supports the decision of the Supreme Committee for Education Policy No. dated 10/29/1402 AH, which included the need to support technical education at the level of technical colleges to open other disciplines for higher education in a field where the country's needs have grown and become urgent. The High Order confirmed that the responsibility for expanding this pattern lay on TVTC, which achieved several positive aspects, including:

The academic curriculum should not be dominant, and thus technical colleges maintain their special mission of preparing cadres for the labor market and its requirements.
The implementation of training programs in TVTC is to be in three vocational levels: vocational and industrial training and technical training. These levels reflect the TVTC's output of various qualifications. Besides, the majors - at these levels – are integrated, which help a lot take advantage of the widely available capabilities.
The relationship between technical colleges and the labor market should not recede, and the gap between training programs and the nature of the need in the work sector should be bridged and reduced.
TVTC should unify the curriculum, the qualification level, and the requirements of the training programs and rely on unified bases and coordinate based on vocational standards prepared by specialists in the labor market.

The royal endorsement for the bachelor's program No. / dated 06/10/1409 AH stipulated that “TVTC shall develop the Technical College in Riyadh and extend the study period to four years in order to grant a bachelor’s degree in technical engineering.” TVTC expanded its applied technical bachelor's program in training plans due to the need for the business sector to be highly qualified to build leadership capabilities in technical and vocational fields.
In the year 1418/1419 AH, TVTC established a Center for Community Service and Continuous Training. Its mission stems from the desire to harness the financial and human capabilities of the corporation to serve the needs of the various work sectors, as this achieves a better investment for technical and human resources and linking educational and training units to those sectors. Also, the Technical Trainers and Intermediary Center Institute was established in Riyadh, and it was one of the most important training and development facilities in the field of preparing technical trainers to meet the needs of vocational training units in all disciplines. It provides two types of programs: preparatory programs and developmental programs.
By establishing technical colleges, TVTC developed technical and vocational training tracks in a progressive system to technically prepare the qualified workforce with different levels to meet the local market's need for technical and vocational working hands with varying skill levels. According to the idea of joining technical and vocational training fields under one umbrella, the Council of Ministers Resolution No., dated 4/3/1426 AH, was issued to affix the vocational training sector for girls to the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation and establish technical colleges for girls, focusing on vocational training programs for women and enabling them to get a suitable job after graduation.
In 1428 AH, the Royal order No. was issued on 8/14/1428 AH to restructure TVTC according to the orientations of the state. TVTC continued in developing training programs to focus on skills and operating efficiency. It attracted the best international expertise in technical training to operate international colleges and strategic partnerships institutes, help existing colleges improve the quality of training, and make optimal use of the available human and financial resources to contribute to providing distinguished quality training. And due to the importance of integration between education in its various levels and training, the Council of Ministers issued a resolution, dated 7/20/1438 AH, that The Minister of Education chairs TVTC's board of directors.

Vision, objectives and mission

The Council of Ministers resolution No. 158 dated 6/12/1429 AH was issued to approve the general training plan for the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, which included:

Vision

TVTC is actively contributing to economic, social, and environmental development by providing technical and vocational training for the sons and daughters of the nation with the quality and adequacy required by the labor market and achieving global leadership that guarantees independence and self-sufficiency.

Mission

The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation seeks to:

develop, provide, and license technical and vocational training programs according to the quantitative and qualitative demand of the labor market for both males and females. In addition, it enacts the regulations relevant to the quality and efficiency of these programs and supervises them.
raise society's awareness of the importance of technical and vocational training and provide training opportunities for capable males and females for all age groups.
carry out the necessary research and projects to follow up technical advancements and global trends in the field of technical and vocational training.
support and participate in national programs that adopt the transfer and indigenization of technology; support and direct the private sector to invest in the field of technical and vocational training.
Strategic objectives
To accommodate the largest number of those interested in technical and vocational training in order to contribute to achieving sustainable development.
To qualify and develop national human cadres in technical and vocational fields according to quantitative and qualitative labor market demand.
To provide training programs with quality and adequacy that qualify the trainee to obtain a suitable job in the free labor market.
The ability to adapt and interact successfully with challenges and changes, based on research and applied studies.
To build strategic partnerships with the business sector in order to implement professional technical programs.
To raise awareness about the importance of working in technical and vocational fields among the community and provide an appropriate environment for lifelong training.
To create a safe and stimulating environment for work and training in the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation.
Encouraging investment in technical and vocational training, as well as in private training.
The national training.
To expand the advanced training fields that support national plans and participate in programs to transfer and develop the technology.

The Technical and Vocational Training Corporation has set a number of goals that must be achieved, as follows:

Provide the individual with Islamic and general culture that contributes to the formation of high morals, strong belief, and the ability to comprehend and think, and adapt to different environments.
Provide a broad scientific base for the technicians to make it easy for them to respond to the rapid development in technology and technical sciences.
Provide the opportunity for every person willing to learn a profession or continue his training to the maximum of his mental and physical potential, which is called the open training course.
Develop skills of technicians and continuously updating their professional knowledge.
Emphasize the dignity of manual and professional work and their role in the prosperity of society.
Contribute to stopping internal migration to big cities by spreading vocational training centers in all regions of the Kingdom.