Pilot Evaluation of the Mexican Model of Dual TVET in the State of Mexico

López-Fogués, A., Rosado, R., Valiente, O. , Fuentes, H. and Aragón, E. (2018) Pilot Evaluation of the Mexican Model of Dual TVET in the State of Mexico. Project Report. University of Glasgow and Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Abstract

Since the first public announcement of the Mexican Model of Dual TVET (MMFD) in June 2013, more than 5,000 apprentices have enrolled in the programme and around 2,000 already graduated. The Ministry of Education (SEP and CONALEP), the Chambers of Commerce (i.e. COPARMEX) and the German Cooperation Agencies (i.e. CAMEXA) have been collaborating with state authorities, families, schools and companies to turn this initial idea into a significant and sustainable initiative. Although the numbers are still small, it seemed necessary to undertake a pilot evaluation study of the implementation and impact of this program on its participants to inform those responsible for this policy. We decided to focus our study on the State of Mexico because of the higher number of apprentices in this state and because of the access that the CONALEP authorities gave us to the informants. The report that you are about to read is structured in four main sections. In the first one we reviewed the international evidence on the experiences of policy transfer of Dual TVET. Transferring international good practice sin TVET is always a complex process that requires careful attention to the experiences and lessons from those that tried to do it before. In the second section, we present the main characteristics of the Mexican Model of Dual TVET and the specificities of its implementation in the State of Mexico. In a federal country like Mexico, it is important to understand that national policies may largely vary across states in terms of design and implementation. The third section outlines the methodology of the study, which is inspired by the realist evaluation principles. Realist evaluation, not only tries to measure the impact of interventions on beneficiaries, but also to understand the causal mechanisms that explain why this policy is more effective in certain contexts and with certain beneficiary populations than in others. In the final section, the results of the interviews and the survey with 25 apprentices that completed their studies under the MMFD in the State of Mexico are presented. Obviously, the reduced sample of the study limits the representativeness of our findings but it will offer some expected and unexpected results that should not be ignored by those involved in this policy in the State of Mexico and nationally.

• Item Type: Research Reports or Papers (Project Report)
• Keywords: Vocational education and training, policy transfer, policy borrowing, realist evaluation.
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Valiente, Professor Oscar
• Authors: López-Fogués, A., Rosado, R., Valiente, O., Fuentes, H., and Aragón, E.
• Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology; L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Robert Owen Centre; College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Educational Leadership & Policy
• Publisher: University of Glasgow and Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2018 The Authors
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced with the permission of the Authors

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
77058	1	SFC-GCRF: Pilot study of the implementation of the Mexican model od dual vocational education and training in the state of Baja California	Oscar Valiente	Scottish Funding Council (SFC)	SFC/AN/15/2016	ED - ROBERT OWEN CENTRE