Learning For Jobs

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In OECD countries, many young people enter vocational programmes at upper secondary level. Sometimes these programmes are linked to workplace training, and sometimes they are formal apprenticeships, alternating on-the-job learning with school-based training. Despite its international diversity, some common issues and challenges remain. For example: •how to balance the needs of students and employers in the provision of training; •the skills required by VET teachers and trainers; •the extent to which the benefits of workplace training can be fully exploited; •the most effective models for engaging employers and unions; •how better measures of labour market outcomes can be developed, and compared across countries. Learning for Jobs, the thematic review of initial VET, looks at these issues among others. The work got under way in 2007 and, following 17 country reviews across the globe, was completed with the publication of a final comparative report in 2010.

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Physical or human resources?

2030

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Number of upper secondary vocational graduates per year: rough estimates, millions.

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Jobs and learning: two worlds?

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How can vocational education

and training

(VET) meet

labour market needs?

We need:

The right skills…

…well taught…

…in the right place.

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The right skills

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How many people, and what mix of skills?

We recommend:

Balance student preference with employer demand, ideally through workplace training.

Either students decide..

..government plans..

…or the market determines?

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Well taught

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How can teachers and trainers be best

prepared?

We recommend:

More input from industry in schools.

More training for workplace

supervisors of trainees.

In schools and colleges

In workplaces

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In the right place

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What are the advantages of

workplace training?

We recommend:

Wider use of workplace training……recognising its limitations……particularly during a recession.

Good

environment

Helps

recruitment

Trainees work!

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