Online event with Kenneth Biddington: Presentation of a study on dual TVET in Costa Rica
How can multi-stakeholder engagement strengthen Costa Rica’s dual TVET system? Kenneth Biddington examined as a guest researcher at BIBB the institutional challenges and opportunities for sustainable cooperation in his study. He presents his findings at an online event in English.
To what extent will the institutions support the dual vocational training structures that have been established in Costa Rica to date? What opportunities for improvement exist? Kenneth Biddington has examined these research question in a study that examines the institutional challenges of that governance arrangement and its conditions for long-term sustainability.
Costa Rica institutionalized dual vocational education and training (VET) through Law No. 9728 (2019) and entrusted its steering to a multi-actor body, the Comisión Asesora y Promotora (CAP) for Dual TVET, bringing together the Ministry of Public Education (MEP), the National Learning Institute (INA), the employers' federation (UCCAEP), unions and international cooperation partners (GOVET/BIBB).
GOVET provided remote support to the visiting scholar from Canada from March through the end of June during his research stay in Costa Rica.
He will present his findings in an online event. The event will be held in English.
About Kenneth Biddington
Kenneth Biddington is a university lecturer, international TVET specialist, and curriculum developer with over 20 years of experience in adult education, competency-based training, and international project management. He currently teaches part-time in the graduate programs at Crandall University (Moncton, Canada), delivering courses in Strategic Management, Managing Organizational Behaviour, and Managing Organizations Across Borders and Cultures. He is also the founder of Didaskom Consulting (2009–present), providing human resources, governance, and curriculum development services to non-profit and non-governmental organizations across Canada's Maritime Provinces. As President and TVET Specialist at ADÜED International (2019–present), he has directed the full educational programme of a vocational school in Haiti, leading the implementation of the Dual-TVET and Competency-Based Education (CBE) models in commercial construction trades. He previously taught business and HR subjects at the Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick (CCNB) for over a decade and served as a Consultant in Adult Education for the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). He holds a Bachelor's in Adult Education and Management from Université de Moncton and a Graduate Diploma in Management of International Development and Humanitarian Action from Université Laval, where he is currently completing a Master's in the same field. He is bilingual in French and English, with working knowledge of Spanish and Haitian Creole.