UNEVOC Connect

Values are what one considers of crucial importance in life; what one cherishes and treasures such that they provide motivation and guidance to one’s actions. “Values are the ideals that give significance to our lives; that are reflected through the priorities we choose; and that we act on consistently and repeatedly.” (Brian Hall, 1994, Values Shift)

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UNESCO, in its Revised Recommendation concerning Technical and Vocational Education, adopted in 2001, emphasizes the need for TVET systems to adapt to the changes and demands of the knowledge-based society of the twenty-first century. A sustainable knowledge-based society must be values-centred, anchored on the respect for life, human dignity, the plurality and diversity of societies and cultures, human labour and work as source of self-actualization and self-fulfilment, as well as the power that fuels all economic and social development.