The Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in education (NOKUT) has started recognising foreign vocational education and training (VET) certificates and diplomas, as of the end of 2016. These certificates are assessed according to scope, level and content of comparable Norwegian trade and journeyman certificates at NQF level 4. The assessment is carried out by experts, following the suggestion of vocational councils, and the process takes two months on average. More...
Portugal: new study on professional programmes
A longitudinal study, published in August 2018, measured the success rate (percentage of learners completing the programme in three years) of professional programmes, (cursos Profissionais). It examined the number of learners that failed to complete the programmes, the number of student transfers to other programmes, and the dropout rate. The study concluded that the success rate of professional programmes increased from 53% in 2014/15 to 60% in 2016/17. More...
Slovenia: learning materials for VET
The joint financing is based on an annual overview of the needs for VET learning materials, prepared by the Institute of the Republic of Slovenia for VET (CPI). CPI coordinates the preparation of new learning materials, in cooperation with publishers selected by public tender. The government funds authors, while the selected publisher takes care of editing, printing and distribution. Up to 10 titles can be prepared yearly, depending on the volume and complexity of the content. More...
Slovakia: National programme for the development of education
Following the publishing of the Learning Slovakia document, approved in 2017, the education ministry prepared the National programme for the development of education (NPDE), a 54-page document including 106 policy measures. More...
Scenarios for VET’s future discussed at Cedefop conference in Vienna
Over 400 participants discussed the future of vocational education and training (VET) at a conference organised jointly by Cedefop and the European Commission as the centrepiece of the European vocational skills week 2018 on 7 and 8 November in Vienna. More...
#CedefopPhotoAward 2018 exhibition opens in Thessaloniki
#CedefopPhotoAward 2018 received photo stories from 100 teams consisting of over 300 learners and 81 teachers/trainers from 78 vocational education and training (VET) providers in 18 EU Member States. The three winning teams came from Italy, Hungary and Lithuania, with the first two competing for the top prize to be awarded at the European vocational skills week in Vienna on 9 November. More...
Cedefop at the EfVET annual conference
School-enterprise relations, internationalisation strategies of VET colleges, higher VET and higher apprenticeships, industry and innovation 4.0, management and leadership skills, and VET for social inclusion and labour market integration were the themes of the six workshops. More...
Watch Cedefop's new video on VET's future challenges!
Learners, teachers, parents and policy-makers present their views and experiences in Cedefop's video on European vocational education and training's (VET's) future challenges. More...
Finland: VET learner grants up to EUR 1 400 for materials
The Finnish government’s new budget proposal for 2019 includes plans to grant a learning material supplement to some upper secondary learners, including VET. Although upper secondary education is free of charge, students are required to buy their own learning materials. More...
Former des apprentis: une nouvelle opportunité
À compter du 1er janvier 2020, les réglementations applicables aux CFA et aux organismes de formation seront harmonisées. Des organismes de formation pourront ainsi dispenser des actions de formation par apprentissage sous réserve que leurs statuts mentionnent expressément cette activité et qu’ils respectent, outre la réglementation applicable aux prestataires de formation, les règles spécifiques régissant les CFA (ensemble des missions, création d’un conseil de perfectionnement, habilitation par les certificateurs à délivrer les diplômes, apposition sur la façade de la devise de la République, du drapeau tricolore et du drapeau européen…). Plus...