Optimizing the network of vocational schools according to the national economic structure

1. Optimizing the network of vocational schools according to the national economic structure

2. Main directions of vocational education development The enhancement of skills training is viewed in a broad context that envisages: • Establishing a relevant quality assurance system for vocational education; • Upgrading skills training management; • Optimizing the network and diversification of funding; • Upgrading the legislation for vocational education.

3. Establishing a quality assurance system for vocational education Envisages: • Developing competence-based occupational standards; • Enhancing the integration of skills training with industry; upgrading the essentials of cooperation between vocational education and business; • Monitoring the quality of skills training; • Studying and summarizing best practices of school activities.

4. Upgrading skills traiing management Identifying the correlation between the powers of national and regional educational authorities; between the national goals and local interests Ministry of Educational and Science of Ukraine: • Identifies strategic goals and objectives for the vocational educations; sustains the socio-economic balance for its operation. Regions: • Identify school development strategies; expand their regional economic ties; ensure efficient cooperation between the schools within one region. A vocational school: • Satisfies the ever-changing labour market needs; develops the school training policy Training of qualified managers is an important component for building a qualitatively new management system

5. The primary goal for optimizing the vocational schools network • optimal application of financial, human, training, and methodological resources; • Developing a school network according to the needs of the economy and the industry structure for a specific region • Variability of skills training; • Introducing new forms of cooperation between vocational schools, industry, and business 2009vocational schools were consolidated schools changed their type 86 11

6. MES Vocational schools network Number of vocational schools VSs VSs with HES TCs in the penitentiary system

7. Vocational schools network (as of 01.01.2010) vocational schools of various types, including: 990 • state vocational schools; • training centres in the penitentiary system; • vocational and technical schools (as structural units of higher educational establishments) . 874 72 29

8. MES Vocational schools network Vocational schools Vocational lyceums Total of 874 vocational schools Centres of vocational education Higher vocational schools

9. MES Vocational schools network Number of vocational schools Industry (incl. transport, communications Construction Agriculture Services

10. MES Vocational schools network Transport Communications - 6 Programs delivered in: 35types of economic activity, 1300occupations Construction Industry Total of 874 vocational schools Agriculture - 251 Services

11. Government order for skills training provision in the MES vocational schools Number of persons (seats) VSs with HES TCs in the penitentiary system VSs

12. Government order for skills training provision in the MES vocational schools Number of persons (seats)

13. Fulfilling the Government order for skills training provision in the MES vocational schools на підготовку робітничих кадрів в ПТНЗ МОН України Percentage of accomplishment Catering and retail Light industry Agriculture Transp. & communications Services Construction Man. industry

14. Vocational schools students Vocational schools students 400 000 19 000 4.8 % • Reduction by or • compared with 2009 206.000 workers – order from the employers for 2010/2011 academic year

15. Vocational schools students 34% • students entre vocational schools after completing full secondary education • vocational schools students complete their full secondary education together with learning a trade 60% On the average, there are students per school 456

16. MES vocational schools students Total, thousand persons industry agriculture transport construction retail and public catering Housing and utilities communications

17. Teaching staff Teaching staff at vocational schools, including: 47 000 16 500 teachers instructors 22 000 The average of 24 students per one teaching staff member

18. Managers of skills training School principals and public administration: • school principals, or have titles of honour; • principles have PhD degrees; • Every ninth manager is a local councilor. 183 20 % 16

19. Vocational education reform - 2010 • Integrating the vocational education into the global system of skills training; • Decentralization of management by delegating additional powers to regional government authorities; • Variability of vocational education, offering choices of forms and methods of learning; developing curricula, programs, and occupations focused competence; • New form of cooperation between education, industry, and business;

20. Vocational education reform - 2010 • Introducing information and communication technologies into the program deliveryі; • Professional development on a qualitatively new level; • National legislative and regulatory support; • Creating a positive image of vocational education.

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