Department of Vocational Education and Training

The Department is responsible for policy formulation, co-ordination and promotion of TEVET through provision of guidelines to all TEVET providers.

The Department is also responsible for increasing stakeholder participation in the provision of TEVET and assessing the impact of TEVET programs.

Functions

1. Coordination and Promotion of TEVET through provision of guidelines to all TEVET Providers.
2. Increasing stakeholder participation in the provision of TEVET
3. Assessing the impact of TEVET programmes.

Units under the Department

The department is headed by a Director who is assisted by two (2) Assistant Directors. The Department comprises of two units which are;

1. Entrepreneurship Development Unit
2. Skills Development Unit

Entrepreneurship Development Unit

The Unit is responsible for the formulation, review and implementation of government policies on entrepreneurship skills development. Other functions of the Unit include;

• Development of strategies for popularizing entrepreneurship.
• Monitoring and evaluating Entrepreneurship Training provision and promotion.
• Designing packages and incentives for entrepreneurship. Development.

Skills Development Unit

The Unit is responsible for the formulation, review and implementation of government policies on skills development. Other functions of the Unit include;

• Developing strategies for popularizing various technical and vocational skills.
• Monitoring and evaluating technical and vocational skills training provision and promotion.
• Designing packages and incentives for provision of skills.
• Identifying and analyzing national skill needs and opportunities..

1. Construction of Lundazi Trades Training Institute
2. Construction of Mumbwa Trades Training Institute
3. Construction of Sesheke Trades Training Institute
4. Construction of Mporokoso Trades Training Institute
5. Construction of Student Hostels at Ukwimi TTI
6. Construction of Student Hostels at Chipata TTI

TEVET Bursary.

The department is responsible for The TEVET Bursary, which is offered to vulnerable students who are not able to pay user fees for themselves to access skills training. This is in line with the Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training (TEVET) Policy which has one of its objectives of increasing access and participation to TEVET and also having equitable access to skills training.

 The TEVET Bursary is accessible to students who are accepted or enrolled at any of the TEVET Institutions under the Department. The application window opens in October every year. Eligible students can apply for a Bursary using the link this link; https://tevetbursary.mohe.gov.zm/.

There are currently 28 Training Institutions under the Department. These are;

1. 1. Chipata Trades Training Institute
   2. Evelyn Hone College of Applied Art and Commerce
   3. Gemstone Processing and Lapidary Training Centre
   4. Industrial Training Centre
   5. Isoka Trades Training Institue
   6. Kabwe Institute of Technology
   7. Kalabo Trades Training Institute
   8. Kaoma Trades Training Institute
   9. Kasiya Secretarial and Business College
   10. Kitwe Vocational Training Centre
   11. Livingstone Institute of Business and Engineering Studies
   12. Luanshya Technical and Business College
   13. Lukashya Trades Training Institute
   14. Lusaka Business and Technical College
   15. Lusaka Vocational Training Centre
   16. Mansa Trades Training Institute
   17. Mongu Trades Training Institute
   18. Mwense Trades Training Institute
   19. Mwinilunga Trades Training Institute
   20. Nkumbi International College
   21. Northern Technical College
   22. Solwezi Trades Training Institute
   23. Mawaggali Trades Training Institute
   24. Technical and Vocational Teachers College
   25. Thornpark Construction Training Center
   26. Ukwimi Trades Training Institution
   27. Zambia Institute for Business Studies and Industrial Practice
   28. Zambia Institute of Management

There is one statutory body under the department which is;

1. The Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority (TEVETA).