ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the prospects and applications of big data in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector. Big data technologies present a myriad of opportunities and practices in teaching, learning, and administration of TVET institutions. Using big data in management and teaching in the TVET sector does not only provide the ability to make informed decisions but also enable the prediction of learners' behavior, thus leading to customized learning among others. The chapter also presents big data technologies that are commonly available in the industry to activate big data functionalities such as data input, cleaning, performing analytics through modeling, the framework, the learning cycle, possibilities, and benefits of big datatechnologies in TVET. It provides literature that enables the reader to understand and measure the value that is added to TVET by big data technology. Big Data Architecture Framework comprises components that address the big data ecosystem in TVET.
