Case study Serbia NQF

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Case study SerbiaNQF

• Jelena Jakovljevic
• INSTITUTE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION
• Center for Vocational and Art Education

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Chronology of the ETF-NQF project activities

1. Basic report on the NQF
2. Workshops - Ljubljana (April 2003) Ohrid
   (September 2003) Sarajevo (May 2004) Turin
   (December 2004)
3. Three focus groups
4. Draft of Green paper
5. Three meetings/seminars
6. Final report

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Basic report on the NQF

• Unemployment is around 30 - no liable date from
  LM.
• Employers are not satisfied with existing
  qualifications.
• Exams are developed, realized and assessed within
  the schools and its teachers.
• Transfer from III-years to IV-years of schooling
  is possible with passed exams.
• After secondary education it is possible to
  advance.
• There are no certificates in continuing VET and
  non-formal sector that are recognized in the
  system.
• Existing qualifications are in Nomenclature (8
  levels) which is not compatible with ISCO (5
  levels).

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Three focus groups

• Sarajevo - Belgrade
• Topics
• Connection between needs on LM and supply from
  VET schools
• Educational outcomes of qualifications for
  technician and trained worker
• Social partners involvement in development of
  qualifications
• The results are
• Partners development of relevant draft
  documents
• Increased employers awareness and competencies
  for expressing the needs and demands toward
  educational system
• Development of the system for information
  exchange
• Monitoring and researching the field of
  qualifications toward EQF
• Modern educational programs should be flexible
  and defined by learning outcomes quality to be
  measured by levels of students achievements of
  outcomes/competencies
• Basis for creating modern educational programs to
  be the NQS developed through partnership of all
  relevant stakeholders.

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Three meetings-seminars

• In the final report has been expressed that those
• meetings were
• Thematic unity that will have to be the subject
  for different stakeholders in forthcoming period.
• Huge challenge NQF/EQF, Nomenclature influence,
  accreditation and certification, relation between
  non-formal education and qualifications.
• Further development of NQF and its implementation
  will be covered with CARDS VET II and new ETF
  projects.

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Three meetings-seminars

• Topics
• Introduction in NQF, reference levels, quality
  and European
• dimension
• Partnership and cooperation in the field of
• establishing the NQS
• Presumptions for implementation of NQF
  (September 2005)
• Participants
• ML, MoES, ME, members of NEC, NES, IIE (VET
  Center), AssEmp, ChC, Unions, VET schools,
  Institute for statistics, Organizations for
  non-formal, SME Agency, Center for company
  training CRITICAL MASS

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Three meetings-seminars- Discussion parts -

• It has been concluded that it is needed
• NQF to be an integral system regardless the level
  of education
• Future institution for NQF (maybe the VET
  Center), beside approving, to deal with the
  aspect of science and technology development,
  analysis and predictions of sectors development
• To define clear vision of NQF and involve
  relevant stakeholders
• To make NQF terminology clear and transparent

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Three meetings-seminars- Discussion parts -

• else needed
• To develop NQF connected with the activities
  regarding Copenhagen process
• To revise and innovate National Nomenclature in
  close connection with previously defined NQF
  (toward EQF demanding task expertise and
  time), but started and financed from relevant
  institutions
• To signed Memorandum on common understanding and
  clear responsibilities between key stakeholders
• To revise educational clusters together with VET
  School Associations, but in accordance with
  recommended and then developed NQF

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Three meetings-seminars- Discussion parts -

• more needed
• To develop and then sign the Resolution of NQF
  development
• To redefine (transfer) educational profiles into
  occupational standards that will be nationally
  approved and will become basis for further
  curriculum development
• To recognize the need for statistical evidences
  and analysis - early to start from adjustments
  with European systems
• To give priority to NQF development and to
  coordinate activities between international
  (CARDS) projects

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Three meetings-seminars- Discussion parts -

• and finally needed
• To keep on working on NQF development within the
  whole system from the lowest to the highest
  level
• To adjust the new NQF with recommendations and
  attitudes defined in European documents dealing
  with this issue in respect of recently existing
  process of joining EU.

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Good luck NQF Serbia