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European youth seminar “Jeunesse et democratie” Amiens, 17 th – 19 th October 2008

European youth seminar “Jeunesse et democratie” Amiens, 17 th – 19 th October 2008. Youth learning and working in Tuscany. Workshop n°1: “Education, mobility and training ”. The architecture of school and vocational education system in Italy. student’s age. Upper Integrated Vocational

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European youth seminar “Jeunesse et democratie” Amiens, 17 th – 19 th October 2008

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  1. European youth seminar “Jeunesse et democratie”Amiens, 17th – 19th October 2008 Youth learning and working in Tuscany Workshop n°1: “Education, mobility and training”

  2. The architecture of school and vocational education system in Italy student’s age Upper Integrated Vocational Education (IFTS) 2 1 University 3 18/19 16 14 6 3 2 1 End of compulsory education END OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION STATE EXAM Second cicle 5 passages . Apprenticenship . School-Work alternation 4 3 3 2 End of compulsory school 2 1 Vocational education Secondary Schools 1 STATE EXAM 3 Middle school 2 First cicle 1 5 4 Primary school 3 2 1 3 Kindergarten 2 1

  3. Compulsory school system 16 years old students in Tuscany Secondary schools (1st and 2nd year) Integrated Courses between secondary schools and vocational education

  4. Compulsory education system Student’s age: from 16 to 18/19 years old Secondary schools (3rd, 4th, 5th year) Regional Vocationaleducation Apprenticenship Diploma Qualification

  5. Data concerning the early school leavers in Tuscany Source:http://www.pubblica.istruzione.it/mpi/pubblicazioni/2008/allegati/dispersione_2007.pdf • 2000/2006: in Italy the early school leavers are 20.8% about 1 milion (18-24 years old youngsters who have just a middle school certificate) [in Europe: 14.9%] • In Tuscany the early school leavers are 13.8% (age: 18-24) • 2006/07: Tuscan students who left secondary school: 17.1% Tuscan Secondary school students who left school after the 1st year: about 1000 The higher number of early secondary school leavers attends professional and technical schools Tuscan Graduate Secondary school students: 78%

  6. Source: http://www.osservatorioscolastico.regione.toscana.it Students of Tuscany (2007/2008)

  7. Secondary School Students of Tuscany (2007/2008)

  8. Foreign students

  9. Youngsters and integration into the job market Youth unemployment Long term unemployed youngsters Youth employment (TO) and unemployment (TD) rates per province

  10. Regional educational actions for disadvantaged youngsters in Tuscany • - From: Regional Law no. 32, July 26th 2002“Integrated Act about education, school, orientation, vocational education and work” • A) Create a “compulsory education data-base”(Data must be collected by schools and Provincial School Observatories and sent to the Employment Centres) • B) Compulsory education “Tutors”(Working for Employment Centres, this kind of operator follows the students who want to complete cumpulsory education within vocational education and/or apprenticenship system. He plans, manages and monitors “personalized learning routes”) • C) Experimental integrated learning “routes” between school and vocational education(Not longer than 3 year vocational qualification) • D) Monitoring apprenticenship experiences(Tutors must check the attendance of vocational courses and their pertinence to youngsters’ needs) Main Actions

  11. Actions for compulsory education achievement and best practices of placement into the job market 1. Modules of vocational education Objective: To plan vocational education modules for 16-18 years old students who do not want to remain within the school system Modular structure: 2 years (1200 hrs) 1st year2nd year

  12. 2. Building Provincial School Observatories (P.S.O) Objective: To establish a data base including all the information about students within compulsory education who are not attending the Secondary schools Strategy: activation of an inter-institutional information network ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Provincial School Office Employment P.S.O. Schools Local Councils Center

  13. 3. Building a learning offer data-base Objective: To create a data base of learning opportunities and offer issued at provincial level Main categories of learning offer: Citizenship Industrial technology Labour organization Trade services Art, music and TV English language • Vocational education courses • Apprenticenship • Integrated courses orientation and ri-orientation modules (100 hours) about Mono or multi-qualification voctional education courses Courses aimed to regional vocational education qualification (recognition of credits for the compulsory education system) Integrated personalized routes of school-work alternation

  14. Recognized courses of vocational education Personalized courses organized by local agencies and recognized by the regional government. They can be funded with individual vouchers Apprenticenship training Two-year courses: 120 hours a year of training for apprentices (hours can vary) Experiences on the job to guide youngsters’ choices towardvocational education or apprenticenship Guidence and couselling led by specialized tutors Stages Stage Steps: 1. Personalized interview to give prominance to youngsters’ needs 2. Choise of a suitable host enterprise 3. Learning route planning 4. Administrative and didactic monitoring of stage activities 5. Final assessment 6. Competence certification 7. Credit recognition

  15. 4. Orientation and Tutorship Objective: To build a local long-list of aspiring tutors To plan a training curriculum for tutors To find tutors to employ in provincial employment centers Tutor’s tasks: 1. Preliminary activities: welcome, orientation, prior learning assessment 2. Learning offert proposals 3. Definition of the learning contract and activity plan 4. Constant monitoring of learning process 5. Orientation and placement 5. Individual funds for learning To widen training opportunities and encourage youngsters within compulsory education to attend vocational or apprenticenship courses, Tuscany Region and Provinces have adopted the policy of individual funds for learning through the financing of personal “vouchers”

  16. Existing difficulties concerning integration into the job market in Tuscany • Hight persentage of school abandonings in the first two years of secondary school and in the first years of vocational education • Youngsters who are not taking part to any learning and training experience • Difficulties of integration between secondary schools, vocational education agencies and enterprises • Low qualified youngsters with a professional qualification who are not absorbed by the labour market • A few youngsters taking part to the regional integrated courses • Difficulties of first placement and professional ri-orientation • Great amount of temporary labour contracts for youngsters

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