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VET Dropouts in Europe – VET toolkit for tackling early leaving
What is the VET toolkit for tackling early leaving? The Europe-wide VET toolkit for tackling early leaving was developed by Cedefop in 2017. Based on evidence of success, it provides practical guidance, tips, good practices and tools drawn from VET aiming at: helping young people at risk of becoming early leavers to attain at least … Continue reading
VET in Norway – Half choose between eight VET programmes
In Norway, all young people completing compulsory school have a statutory right to three years of upper secondary education. Half of them choose between eight VET programmes. At upper secondary level, Norway has a long-standing tradition of national and regional cooperation between educational authorities and the social partners. At national level, cooperation is organised in … Continue reading
Refugees in Germany – Vocational language training is the most effective
In 2015 and 2016, an estimated total of 1.2 million people arrived in Germany to ask for asylum. Although Germany had already experienced large inflows of asylum seekers in the early 1990s, the current situation is different not only in its scale, but also because many asylum seekers come from countries where the perspective of … Continue reading
Driving Up the Demand for Skills in UK – Skills policy is only one part of a strategic mix
The general direction of skills policy in the UK over the recent past has been to create a market for training in order to improve the degree to which the skills people acquire are matched to those that the economy demands. A recognised weakness of the training market, certainly over the 1990s and early 2000s, … Continue reading
Higher Education or VET in Australia
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VET in Finland – There are no dead-ends within the education system
More than 40% of the relevant age group start upper secondary VET studies immediately after basic education; most of these obtain their VET qualifications at vocational institutions. All qualifications include at least six months’ on-the-job learning. The most popular fields are technology, communications and transport, and social services, health and sports. Half the students are … Continue reading
Vocational vs. General Education – An initial employment advantage of individuals with VE turns into a disadvantage later in life
Around the world, there is an increasing interest in expanded vocational education as a way to get youth quickly and effectively into the labor market by endowing them with occupation- specific skills. Earlier analysis of labor markets in the 1990s, however, suggested possible adverse impacts of vocational education on employment opportunities later in life due … Continue reading
Boys Transitions into VET in Germany – They have better opportunities when entering company-based or dual education and training
This paper examines the transitions made by lower secondary school leavers and intermediate secondary school leavers into vocational education and training in Germany. With the basis that boys have long been underperforming girls in school, the paper investigates the question of whether male adolescents continue to be similarly disadvantaged when transitioning into vocational education and … Continue reading
Career and Technical Education (CTE) in US – The more courses students take, the better their education and labor market outcomes
Until the late 1990s, “vocational education” in traditional trades such as carpentry, cosmetology, and auto mechanics was often the presumptive high school placement for low-performing students considered ill-suited for college. However, in the past two decades, policymakers and educators have reconsidered what is now referred to as “Career and Technical Education” (CTE). Done right, secondary … Continue reading
Skills Gap in US – A multi-million dollar competition for states to expand access to career-pathway programs leading to high-skill, well-paying jobs
To address the youth unemployment crisis, we are committed to increasing the number of young people who get on a pathway to economic success by being college and career ready. To do this, first, we want to transform how states and cities develop career-focused education programs. JPMorgan Chase, the Council of Chief State School Officers … Continue reading
VET School-Company Partnerships – Recommendations for company trainers
Company trainers are likely to continue to play an important role in ensuring and developing good partnerships between schools and companies. At the same time, expectations towards company trainers are not always entirely clear. The professional profile and identity of company trainers may be somewhat unclear, and the logic of production, predominant in work place … Continue reading
Youth Unemployment – Significantly lower in countries with a high share of dual VET programmes research finds
In this paper, we investigated whether an education system with an extensive VET programme, measured by the enrolment rate of students in these programmes, increases the labour market integration and the quality of jobs for young people. This relationship has been studies before, but we extend the existing literature in three ways: First, we analyse … Continue reading
VET perception and Attractiveness in Europe – The chance to earn while learning is a key
With astonishing rates of youth unemployment across many european member states, policy makers are increasingly called into action in order to tackle a generational plague affecting both european youth, and the overall prosperity of the continent. The observation that countries with low youth unemployment rates are those where Vocational Education and Training (VET) and apprenticeship programmes … Continue reading
Australia – We must overhaul vocational education and training the Chamber of Commerce and Industry says
Australia must overhaul its vocational education and training if people are to get the skills they need for the jobs of the future, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry said today. The Australian Chamber is today releasing a policy paper, “Focus on Skills: Building a Better National Vocational Education and Training System”, which argues for … Continue reading
UK’s Skills Gap / Traditional degrees will not fill it, says CBI
The UK risks failing to close its “chronic skills gaps” by continuing to focus teenagers on the university “default route”, say business leaders. A growing demand for degree-level technical skills will not be met by traditional university courses alone, argues a CBI report. Instead more young people should take shorter or part-time degrees and advanced … Continue reading
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