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Competing for Skills: Vocational Education and Training in the 21 st Century

Competing for Skills: Vocational Education and Training in the 21 st Century. Seamus Hempenstall Ireland. Some Irish facts and figures. Retention rate of over 80% to end of upper secondary 30% of school students pursuing vocational options High rates of participation in third level

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Competing for Skills: Vocational Education and Training in the 21 st Century

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  1. Competing for Skills: Vocational Education and Training in the 21st Century Seamus HempenstallIreland

  2. Some Irish facts and figures • Retention rate of over 80% to end of upper secondary • 30% of school students pursuing vocational options • High rates of participation in third level • Multiple providers of VET – a “mosaic of provision” • Narrow range of apprenticeships

  3. Some more facts and figures • 2002 spend of €257m • 2009 projected spend of €426m • 95,000 learners in 1997 • 170,000 learners in 2008

  4. Even more facts and figures! • Unemployment has almost doubled in the last year (12.2% in July) • Typical unemloyed person is a male aged between 25 and 34 who worked in construction • This is massive change in a short period of time

  5. VET’s role now and in the future? • Part of a spectrum of provision • Focus on ‘key competencies’ and ‘core skills’ • Social inclusion • Upskilling and reskilling • Wind Turbine Maintenance • Upskill Solutions and Mahon Point

  6. Responses and changes in VET? • National Skills Strategy • Flexibility of delivery • Better data • Partnership with employers • Learner centred • Value for Money • Back to Education Initiative

  7. Innovation? • Consolidation for long-term sustainability • Focus on the learner, not on the programme • Methodological changes to focus on interaction to increase ‘soft’ skills • Technological, e.g. Blended learning • Global budgets

  8. PLAR • National Framework of Qualifications and FETAC • All providers are required to have PLAR arrangements in place • 2007 pilot project found that PLAR was very resource intensive • QA process available since May for providers to use PLAR for FETAC awards

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