EVIDENCE-BASEDPOLICY MAKING IN GUIDANCE

The Greek Case

By

Stamatis PaleocrassasCouncilor Emeritus

Pedagogical Institute

TRANSITIONS

Compulsory education dropouts From compulsory education

to General or Vocational Lyceum From Lyceum to work From IEK, TEI or university to work From unemployment to work

TRANSITION OBSERVATORY(Pedagogical Institute)

School dropout studies (periodic) Transition studies Graduate surveys (periodic) Labour market monitoring Ad Hoc studies

DROPOUTS Periodic national surveys (Gymnasium):

-From 23% (1982) to 6% (2001)-Geographical variation: 2.7-9.6%-Lower social strata-School failure

General Lyeum: 3% Vocational Lyceum: 20% Upper secondary total: 14% (EU target: 10%)

GYMNASIUM TRANSITION

Longitudinal study (education choices)– Choice during last lower secondary school

grade (sample 6000 students)– Choice 3 years later (results pending)

Career Education

- Curriculum

- Information materials

Interactive Information (pilot)

LYCEUM TRANSITION

Longitudinal graduate survey

-11.500 VL* seniors, 3.000 GL* seniors

-educational or occupational state 4 years

later (results pending) Labour market monitoring for relevance of VL

curricula (correspondents)

____________________*VL = Vocational Lyceum

GL = General Lyceum

IEK-TO-WORK TRANSITION

Tri-partite certification Interlinking Offices Practical training (only some specializations) Entrepreneurship

TEI-TO-WORK TRANSITION

Interlinking Offices-link with L.M.

-information diffusion (electronic, print)-promoting entrepreneurship-organizing practical training-supervising entrepreneurship case studies-career days (old graduates speakers)

Practical training (one semester) Entrepreneurship case studies

UNIVERSITY-TO-WORKTRANSITION

Interlinking Offices -link with L.M. (Only professional Schools)

-information diffusion (electronic, print)-graduate surveys (some schools)-promoting entrepreneurship (engg., business)-organizing practical training (engg., business)

Practical Training (only engg., business) Entrepreneurship case studies (only….)

UNEMPLOYMENT-TO-WORKTRANSITION

OAED (Manpower Employment Org.)-training (KEKs)

-retraining unemployed (KEKs)

-CPEs (Centers for the Promotion of

Employment): Links to local labour market

EMPLOYMENT OBSERVATORY-Occupational and skills demand surveys