MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENTPOLICY IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND CONTINUING TRAINING R

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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCEDEPARTMENTPOLI
CY IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND CONTINUING
TRAINING
REFORM IN VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION

• 19 May 2005
• Sofia

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LEGAL FRAMEWORK

• Public Education Act
• Law on the Level of Schooling, the General
  Educational Minimum and the Syllabus
• Vocational Education and Training Act
• List of vocations
• NAVET

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• WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS?
• in the process of joining of the country to the
  EU
• 1. Development of the legal framework (PEA,
  LLSGEMS,VETA etc.)
• Vocational qualification levels introduced.
• Framework VET programmes developed.
• State Educational Requirements for acquisition of
  vocational qualifications elaborated.
• National examination programmes for carrying out
  of exams for acquisition of second level of
  vocational qualification developed and
  implemented
• 2. New syllabus in VET introduced since 2004/2005
  in connection to the vocations and the List of
  vocations

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• WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS?
  (2)
• 3. Modular syllabus introduced in the formal
  educational system
• 4. Activities for involvement of social partners
  in
• updating of the List of occupations
• elaboration of State Educational Requirements for
  acquisition of vocational qualifications
• carrying out of state exams for acquisition of
  vocational qualification level
• 5. National Strategy on Continuing Vocational
  Training 2005-2010 elaborated and adopted by the
  Council of Ministers

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VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONPRIORITY IN THE GOVERNMENT
POLICY

• MAIN OBJECTIVE
• Quality assurance and wide access to
  vocational education and training responding to
  the labour market needs

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STRATEGICAL GOAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION TOWARD
2010
Development of the most competitive and dynamic
economy in the world, knowledge-based, creating
more and better jobs and social inclusion

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Copenhagen Declarationkey priorities

• European dimension of VET
• Transparency and information
• Recognition of skills and qualifications
• Quality assurance in VET

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PRIORITIES OF MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
2005-2010

• 1. Development of conditions for access to VET.
• 2. Achievement of effective cooperation between
  institutions involved in VET.
• 3. Ensuring of high quality in VET.
• 4. Enhancement of investments in VET.
• 5. Scientific assurance of VET.

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Ensuring of high quality in vocational education
and training

• Improvement of qualifications of teachers and
  trainers.
• Updating and modernisation of technical
  facilities.
• Introducing of basic knowledge on business and
  enterpreneurship in all school grades.
• Encouragement of enterpreneurship spirit in
  pupils through development of training firms in
  vocational gymnasiums.
• Foreign language training in the vocation.

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NEXT STEPS?

• Elaboration of a strategy on initial vocational
  education.
• Development of a system for regular analysis of
  VET needs in close cooperation with the key
  actors on the labour market.
• Development of a system for quality measure of
  vocational education offered in the vocational
  gymnasiums.
• Development of measures for creation of
  conditions for updating and upgrading of VET
  teachers qualifications.
• Continuation of the process on school network
  optimisation.

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EXPECTED RESULTS

• Improvement of the information and motivation of
  citizens in order participation of civil society
  in the process of VET reform
• Improvement of cooperation between institutions
  and organisations responsible for VET at
  national, regional and local levels
• Increasing of correspondence between demand and
  supply of vocational training
• Increasing of quality in VET provision

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EXPECTED RESULTS (2)

• Creation of a system for continuing training of
  VET teachers with active participation of
  organisations representing the business
• Increasing of the number of participants in the
  continuing vocational training courses, as a part
  of the active measures on the labour market for
  achievement of stable employment
• Improvement of the access to e-learning through
  setting up of infrastructures as a flexible form
  for training and an incentive for continuing
  vocational training development.