36. REVISITING CONCEPTS OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION IN BRITISH AND BENINESE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS  Auteur: ABADAMÉ Marcellin

This study revisits the concepts of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a pathway to professional integration, with a comparative analysis of the British and Beninese systems. Adopting a comparative education approach, it enables cross-analysis of institutional models, funding mechanisms, and policy orientations in both systems, and human capital theory that examines how vocational skills contribute to productivity and national development. Findings suggest that Britain’s competency-based frameworks, strong employer partnerships, and apprenticeship schemes could offer valuable lessons for Benin, while the British system could, in turn, learn from Benin’s community-based informal sector training models that address local needs, and its recent reforms, such as competency-based certifications and public-private partnerships