User:Codrutamh/Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute

Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute (ATVI) is a coeducational school in Kabul, Afghanistan that provides higher education for Afghan students. ATVI began operating in April 2007 and is being managed entirely by Afghan citizens. It is a public/private partnership between a U.S. company, which provided the initial requirement of $1.8 million to build and start the school, and the Afghan Ministry of Education, which has donated land through a 10-year lease.

The ATVI facility in the main campus consists of 43 classrooms, one library, two conference rooms, a student learning resource center, administrative offices, and seven workshops. Once completed, the third level of the facility will increase the capacity of the school by over 30%. Dormitories are available for 150 male students and 100 female students from the provinces. Students who apply and are competitively selected from around the country are placed in specific disciplines based on interest and meeting the literacy criteria for those sectors.

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Academics
ATVI offers 2-year technical-vocational programs in the following fields: ICT, Business Management, Construction, Horticulture, and Automotive. These skill areas have been identified by the Afghanistan Government and by international organizations as essential to future economic development of the country.

Coursework in each program consists of four semesters of ten weeks, with a two-week break between semesters. Class days run six days per week, with days off for occasional long weekends and holidays. Because of the length of each class day, the managerial curriculum progresses two equivalent academic years of training in one calendar year. All training consists of a combination of lecture, and hands-on practice, with some time allocated for external study (homework or project assignments).

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Results
ATVI's first class completed its one-year program in March 2008 with 453 graduates, and the second class of more than 830 students graduated in May 2009. Female enrollment increased from 11% in ATVI's original class to nearly 30% in 2009. ATVI expects to achieve 50% female enrollment by 2011. The current class includes 1,500 students, as well as an additional 500 students enrolled in the new satellite campus called ATVI East, located in Laghman.

One of the key areas that ATVI is focused on is helping its students find adequate employment post-graduation by establishing a proffesional Office of Career Services, organizing job fairs and maintaining strong ties to the business and NGO community in Afghanistan. The first such fair organized in 2008 in conjunction with USAID and the Afghan government linked ATVI's 450 graduating students with prospective local employers. It's second career fair was held on May 27th 2009 for the nearly 826 students fully-prepared to join the local workforce as semi-professional and mid-management level technicians. Good Shot it is me.

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Business Services
In order to build a self sufficient, income generating institute, ATVI has incorporated profit centers as a major sector of its operations. By providing skills to ATVI students, the Institute is training an internal workforce. The utilization of trainees’ expertise within the public and private sector will not only generate income for the Institute but will also aid in the training and future employment placement of the students. ATVI profit centers include Vehicle Maintenance, Construction Trades, ICT Services, Horticulture Services, Recruiting, Training centers, and the ICDL certification.

In the summer of 2010, ATVI has announced that it will open a new construction materials laboratory with aid from US Army Corps of Engineers. The addition of the new Construction Materials Laboratory will add a new dimension to the services, connections and opportunities afforded by ATVI. ATVI will provide in-kind labor to perform the project which is estimated to complete construction in 45 days. In addition to broadening the scope of services offered to ATVI students, the lab will improve the teaching of construction procedures and standards in the country of Afghanistan.

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Admissions
For information regarding the admission process, please consult ATVI's official website: www.atvi.edu.af.

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