Trends in VET: Challenges and perspectivesMihaylo MilovanovitchOECD Directorate for Education
4th meeting of SEEVET-NetChisinau, 11 July 2011
%
1. Excluding ISCED 3C short programmes 2. Year of reference 2004
3. Including some ISCED 3C short programmes 3. Year of reference 2003.
Why VET?
Trends for VET demandThe changing world of skill supply
Why VET?
Trends for VET demand
• Economics
– Competitiveness pressure and skills
• Occupational mobility – no jobs for life
BUT
• VET – neglected reform area• No common definition/typology• Competitive pressure from higher education
Why VET?
Trends for VET demand
Pressure
Declining/stagnating enrollments
UK 02-07 Korea 90-05 Hungary 60-06
Czech Republic 98-08 Chile 90-07
Pressure
Tertiary educational attainment of 25-64 population (%)
OECD (2008): Higher Education 2030, Vol. 1 Demography
Pressure
Projected Tertiary Enrolments in 2025 under Recent Trends (2005=100)
OECD (2008): Higher Education 2030, Vol. 1 Demography
Pressure
Demographic Shape of Tertiary Education in the Future
Source: OECD (2009)
Graduate education
Continuing education
First degreeFirst degree
Graduate education
Continuing education
WHAT TO DO?
INCREASE RELEVANCE
• Classical recommendation: Meet labour market needs
– Improve co-ordination with employers– Hire better teachers– Create shared public private funding models– Provide workplace training; the dual model
BUT
There are additional possibilities
Relevance
• Mainstreaming of VET and better system integration
– Pathways for easier entry and exit
Relevance
• NQFs• Credit-based assessment systems• All of the above - combined with good career
guidance
•
• «Professionalisation» of the system and the academic curriculum
Relevance
GENERAL EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION
VET and PROF.EDUCATION
VET&PE
VET&PE
• Use the potential of schools, school types, and principals
– Raise school profile: the FACHHOCHSCULE story
– Serving regional and micro-level needs
– Creating conditions for entrepreneurial operation
Relevance
Thank you!
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