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EDUCATIONAL POLICY-MAKING IN TVET

EDUCATIONAL POLICY-MAKING IN TVET. Legislation State budget Government decrees Development plans and general policy papers General objectives of education Educational policymaking Regulation and financing List of qualifications National core curricula and qualifications

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EDUCATIONAL POLICY-MAKING IN TVET

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  1. EDUCATIONAL POLICY-MAKINGIN TVET

  2. Legislation State budget Government decrees Development plans and general policy papers General objectives of education Educational policymaking Regulation and financing List of qualifications National core curricula and qualifications Implementing development programmes Evaluation of learning outcomes Service functions Local planning and organisation Providing VET Local consultative committees ADMINISTRATION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAININGIN FINLAND PARLIAMENT GOVERNMENT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION • STATE PROVINCIAL • OFFICES • Certain administrative tasks • EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMITTEES • QUALIFICATION COMMITTEES • Links to the world of work

  3. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF FINLAND

  4. SCHOOL LEAVERS AFTER 9 YEARS OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION IN 2002

  5. PARTICIPATION IN UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION after comprehensive school

  6. VET in Finland – Upper Secondary LevelMain Challenges • Access to education for all • Co-operation between schools and the world of work – increasing on-the-job learning • Co-operation between vocational and general education • Opening paths to further studies • Improving the quality and performance of education • Increasing the prestige and attractiveness of VET • Special education, preventing drop-outs

  7. VET in Finland – Upper Secondary LevelVocational Qualifications • 52 broad-based vocational qualifications, 113 study programmes • All qualifications take 3 years (120 Finnish credit units) • Minimum six months on-the-job learning • Combinations of vocational and general studies • Gives eligibility for higher education (universities and polytechnics) • Personal study plans, optional studies • Cooperation with the world of work • Vocational skills demonstrations

  8. Natural Resources5 Vocational qualifications Technology and Transport26 Vocational qualifications Business and Administration2 Vocational qualifications Tourism, Catering and Home Economics5 Vocational qualifications Health and Social Services5 Vocational qualifications Culture5 Vocational qualifications Leisure and Physical Education4 Vocational qualifications VET in Finland – Upper Secondary LevelSectors and qualifications

  9. VET in Finland – Upper Secondary LevelComposition of studies ( 3 years = 120 credits) Vocational studies 90 credit - basic field-specific - specific (mainly optional) - includes 20 credits (minimum) of on-the-job learning Common subjects 20 credits Free-choice studies 10 credits Core skills and common emphasesare cross-curricular objectives.

  10. VET in Finland – Upper Secondary LevelBroad-based Vocational Competence Broad-based vocational competence common subjects core skills common emphases Free-choicestudies Specificskills Workplacebased learning

  11. VET in Finland – Upper Secondary LevelCommon emphases • Occupational health and safety • Promotion of sustainable development • Technology and ICT • Entrepreneurship • Quality • Customer service and consumer skills • Internationalisation

  12. VET in Finland – Upper Secondary LevelCore skills common to all fields • Learning skills • Problem-solving skills • Interaction and communication skills • Co-operation skills • Ethical and aesthetic skills

  13. VET in Finland – Upper Secondary LevelSubjects common to all fields (20 credits) • Native language / Finnish or Swedish • Second national language • Foreign language • Mathematics • Physics and chemistry • Social and labour-market subjects • Health education • Physical education • Arts and culture

  14. Proficiency of 15-year-olds on the PISA reading literacy scale (2000)

  15. SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS

  16. PREPARATORY AND REHABILITATIVE EDUCATION IN VET

  17. DROP-OUTS IN VET School year

  18. YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT 1992 - 2004

  19. THE PERFORMANCE-BASED FINANCING SYSTEM FINANCING OF VET STATUTORY GOVERNMENT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE-BASED FINANCING (government subsidy) UNIT PRICE/ STUDENT/ YEAR BASED ON QUALITY ASSESMENT (EFQM) - SPECIAL THEMES (Qualitative) BASED ON OPERATIONAL OUTCOME - effectiveness - processes - staff (Quantitative indicators) OUTCOME BASED FUNDS QUALITY AWARD

  20. APPLICANTS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING, Changes in numbers of applicants after 2000 First choices of applicants in the joint application system. The data for 2005 is preliminary.

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