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Vocational Education and Training
Learning for JobsSkills beyond School
Israel Accession Seminar
22-23 November 2011
Deborah Roseveare
Learning for JobsKey recommendations
Provide the right mix of skills for the labour market that: reconciles student preferences and employer needs balances technical skills that employers need immediately
with generic, transferable skills
Reform career guidance to deliver effective advice to all students that is independent, objective and well-informed by labour market information
Ensure teachers and trainers are well-prepared and up-to-date
Make full use of good-quality workplace learning in initial VET programmes
Develop tools to engage stakeholders and promote transparency
Skills Beyond School
Why look at postsecondary VET?
Increasing demand in technical & professional occupations (e.g. health care)
Growing demand for high level technical & professional skills from both the labour market and students
In some countries, new and growing postsecondary vocational programmes
Review of post-secondary vocational education and training (VET)
Skills Beyond School
What are the big policy challenges?
Funding and finance How the cost of provision of postsecondary VET should be
distributed between student, employer and government?
Employer engagement Is the system supply or demand-driven?
Integration How is postsecondary VET connected with other levels of the
education system?
Delivering quality What are the mechanisms ensuring that all students reach at least
minimum requirements upon completion of their studies?
Skills beyond school
Country reviews
Country commentaries
Background report only
AustriaDenmarkEgyptGermanyKoreaSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUnited States
Belgium (Flanders)CanadaHungaryIsraelRomaniaSpain
FranceIcelandMexico
Country reviews and country commentaries: 2011 and 2012
Comparative report: detailed outline Q4 2012Publication in Q4 2013