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NORTH KARELIA COLLEGE OUTOKUMPU

NORTH KARELIA COLLEGE OUTOKUMPU. NORTH KARELIA COLLEGE OUTOKUMPU. Part of North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium. Colleges Adult Education Centers. Facts about The North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium. The operations in figures 2007.

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NORTH KARELIA COLLEGE OUTOKUMPU

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  1. NORTH KARELIA COLLEGE OUTOKUMPU

  2. NORTH KARELIA COLLEGE OUTOKUMPU Part of North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium • Colleges • Adult Education Centers

  3. Facts aboutThe North Karelia Municipal Education and Training Consortium The operations in figures 2007 PERSONNEL AND STUDENTS • The total number of personnel 1 043 • teachers 626 • supporting personnel 371 • project staff 46 • Students 7 670 (full time) • Student working days 1 278 440 OTHER PARAMETERS • The annual budget € 69,2 million + invests € 7,9 million

  4. EDUCATIONS INS OUTOKUMPU • MEDIA ASSISTANT: Game developmentTheather and event technology Graphic design Sound production International radio- and tv-workDANCER • CRAFTS AND DESING • VISUAL ARTISAN • PRACTICAL NURSE • MACHANIST • PLATER-WELDER • ICT-ASSEMBLER • PRINTING ASSISTANTDESIGN ASSISTANT

  5. Vocational qualifications - 53 vocational upper secondary qualifications - 119 study programmes The qualifications provide the students with a wide variety of basic skills as well as more specialised skills in some areas. Students are qualified to find placements in working life, to perform various tasks in their field in changing conditions, and so to develop their vocational skills throughout their lives. WORKING LIFE

  6. The Vocational Education Act 630/1998 • The National Core Curricula • Level 3 of the EC classification, according to the Council Decision on the comparability of vocational qualifications between the Member States of the European Community (85/368/EEC) and the Recommendation of the Ministry of Education on the classification of Finnish vocational education and training • Vocational upper secondary education and training is based on the basic education syllabus. • The scope of upper secondary level vocational qualifications taken after basic education is 3 years (120 credits).The duration of studies is up to 40 credits shorter for those who have completed the general upper secondary school syllabus, as some of their studies are accredited. • Students in vocational upper secondary education and training are mainly aged 16-25 years.

  7. The Vocational Education Act 630/1998 • The National Core Curricula • The school-based education system means full-time studies for three years at a vocational institution. Education and training of compulsory studies is primarily organised in year classes. Else, students follow their individual study plans. • The education and training mostly takes place in institutions, • but all qualifications include at least 20 credits (approx. six months) of instruction at the workplace (on-the-job learning) • - The education and training includes skills demonstrations as proof of having reached the goals given to vocational studies • - Vocational qualifications may also be completed as apprenticeship training, which also contain courses arranged in the institutions. • - Qualifications may also be obtained through competence tests independent of how the vocational skills have been acquired.

  8. The Vocational Education Act 630/1998 The National Core Curricula - Admission procedure will take place through the joint application system, which is today an electronic process maintained by the Finnish National Board of Education. - Students are free to choose which educational institution they apply to. If a person does not gain admittance to the school of his or her first choice, other possible schools are considered. - Admission as a student requires a good state of health, such that it does not form an obstacle to participation in the education concerned. -> www.haenyt.fi -> http://www.koulutusnetti.fi/?file=315

  9. The Vocational Education Act 630/1998 • The National Core Curricula • - The objective of upper secondary vocational education and training is to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to acquire vocational competence and to provide them with the potential for self-employment as well as further studies. • - Upper secondary vocational education and training is primarily free of charge for students, but students have to pay for the materials. • A three-year vocational upper secondary qualification gives general eligibility for higher education in both polytechnics and universities. • - The responsibility for providing vocational education and training has been almost entirely transferred from the State to municipalities and federations of municipalities.

  10. CURRICULUM 120 credits • vocational studies 90 credits, • including on-the-job learning min. 20 credits • skills demonstrations • core subjects (20 credits, 16 compulsory + 4 optional) • the native language • the other national language and a foreign language • mathematics • physics and chemistry • social, business and labour-market subjects • health education; physical education • arts and culture; environmental studies • ICT; ethics, other cultures • psychology and entrepreneurship • free-choice studies, which vary (10 credits) • Studies include at least 1.5 credits of student counselling.

  11. General upper secondary education + Matriculation • General upper secondary education provides students with the capabilities to continue to further studies. • 3 years • 75 courses • national matriculation examination • objective of general upper secondary education is to promote the development of students into good, balanced and civilized individuals and members of society and to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary for further studies, working life, their personal interests and the diverse development of their personalities.

  12. General upper secondary education + Matriculation • Students in vocational upper secondary education and training may also take the matriculation examination • Matriculation examination is drawn up nationally, and there is a centralised body to check its individual tests against uniform criteria.

  13. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND MATRICULATION4 years Vocational Qualification + Matriculation > 80 credits vocational studies > 30 – 35 courses : mother tongue + the second national language, a foreign language, the mathematics, and one test in the general studies battery (sciences and humanities As part of his or her examination, the candidate may additionally include one or more optional tests. Vocational Qualification + completed Upper secondary school + Matriculation > 80 credits vocational studies> about 48 courses in Upper Secondary school

  14. More information: www.oph.fi www.koulutusnetti.fi www.cedefop.europa.eu www.pkky.fi/amoo

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