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2. The opportunities for development of practical vocational training with the support of the EU structural assistance
Haroldas Brožaitis

3. The opportunities for practical VET
Key questions:
What are the key challenges?
1.1. What is the logic?
1.2. Why start yesterday?
2. What are the key opportunities?
2.1. Policy innovation and learning;
2.2. Concentration of resources;
2.3. Increased managerial autonomy and capacity;
2.4. More flexibility and responsiveness
2.5. High levels of investment.
3. What are the next steps?
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4. What are the key challenges?
What are the key opportunities?
What are the next steps?
Two positions in the policy debate:
To pump the money to the existing network; “the key issue as seen by most national stakeholders is to <…> restore an institution that was perceived to be doing just fine”. P. Grootings, S. Nielsen, 2006.
To optimise the network. Optimisation: activity, which aims at doing something as well as possible.
Key challenge is to use SF money as an instrument in optimising the network and increasing the quality of practical VET.
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5. The opportunities for practical VET
What are the key challenges?
1.1. What is the logic?
What are the key opportunities?
What are the next steps?
What is the logic (1)?
The key objectives of the VET system are: accessibility and quality;
Optimisation should seek to improve quality without damaging accessibility;
Effective functioning of the VET network is the key precondition for high quality investments
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6. The opportunities for practical VET
What are the key challenges?
1.1. What is the logic?
What are the key opportunities?
What are the next steps?
What is the logic (2)?
Kalneliai yra production possibility frontier; daubos yra social indifference curve
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7. The opportunities for practical VET
What are the key challenges?
1.2. Why start yesterday?
What are the key opportunities?
What are the next steps?
Why start yesterday (1)?
There is a dramatic mismatch between the supply and demand in the labor market
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8. The opportunities for practical VET
What are the key challenges?
1.2. Why start yesterday?
What are the key opportunities?
What are the next steps?
Why start yesterday (2)?
The VET network is not efficient: it is populated by large number of small schools, which have high operating costs;
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9. The opportunities for practical VET
What are the key challenges?
1.2. Why start yesterday?
What are the key opportunities?
What are the next steps?
Why start yesterday (3)?
The quality of practical VET is hindered by outmoded infrastructure:
During the 90s the levels of investment to the VET infrastructure had been appalling;
High number of VET providers and dispersed investments have hindered effective usage of scarce resources.
The potential for better cooperation between the VET network and the employers have not been realised.
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10. The opportunities for practical VET
What are the key challenges?
What are the key opportunities?
What are the next steps?
What are
the key opportunities
for development of practical vocational training with the support of the EU structural assistance?
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11. Policy innovation and learning
What are the key challenges?
What are the key opportunities?
2.1 Policy innovation and learning.
3. What are the next steps?
Policy innovation and learning
Periodic evaluation of the quality of practical VET and efficiency of the VET network;
Participation in international networks for the exchange of best practice;
Local capacity building.
* Evaluations of the employability of VET graduates; analysis of the VET network efficiency and effectiveness; anlysis of labour market demand;
* Study visits in 2007 to the Ntherlands and Scotland. International exchanges: (since 2000 over 2400 VET teachers and managers were on international exchanges financed by Leonardo da Vinci);
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12. Concentration of resources (1)
What are the key challenges?
What are the key opportunities?
2.2.Concentration of resources.
3. What are the next steps?
Concentration of resources (1)
SCHOOLS
CENTERS
SELF-GOVERNING INSTITUTIONS
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MARIJAMPOLĖ
TELŠIAI
ŠIAULIAI
PANEVĖŽYS
UTENA
VILNIUS
KAUNAS
TAURAGĖ
KLAIPĖDA
ALYTUS
Key point: to reduce the number of VET schools by establishing the VET centers. To compare: in Scotland (Population 5 mln.) there are 46 VET schools, while in Lithuania (population 3.5 mln.) there are 78 VET schools.
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13. Concentration of resources (2)
What are the key challenges?
What are the key opportunities?
2.2.Concentration of resources.
3. What are the next steps?
Concentration of resources (2)
Establishment of sectoral practical training centers. Key elements:
Creation of modern training infrastructure on the premises of several VET schools;
The centers will target the demand for practical training in the key economic sectors;
The schools will cooperate and jointly use the infrastructure;
The large proportion of the centres’ services portfolio will be targeted towards the continuous training paid by the private sector.
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14. Managerial autonomy and capacity
What are the key challenges?
What are the key opportunities?
2.3. Managerial autonomy and capacity
3. What are the next steps?
Managerial autonomy and capacity
In 2003 reorganisation of status of vocational schools into self-governing VET institutions started:
Higher managerial autonomy;
Better links with the community and the business sector, who became members of the board of VET institution.
First results of this pilot reorganisation and international experience indicate positive results. It is likely that this will be continued.
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15. More flexibility and responsiveness
What are the key challenges?
What are the key opportunities?
2.4. More flexibility and responsiveness
3. What are the next steps?
More flexibility and responsiveness
The key issue is to increase flexibility and responsiveness to the persistently changing labor market demand by:
Introducing modular learning system;
Increasing availability of specialised practical training modules;
Increasing the share of continuous learning (practical training) services;
Better functioning of decentralised networks for transmitting information regarding labour market demand.
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16. High levels of investment
What are the key challenges?
What are the key opportunities?
2.5. High levels of investment
3. What are the next steps?
High levels of investment
98.4 mln. Lt were invested in the VET infrastructure during 2004 – 2006
(includes only assistance from the Structural funds).
Additional mln. Lt are planned from the EU structural assistance during
Implementation of the discussed measures should create favorable conditions for efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the investments
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17. The opportunities for practical VET
Why optimise?
What are the key elements?
What are the next steps?
What are the next steps?
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18. The opportunities for practical VET
Next steps
Why optimise?
What are the key elements?
What are the next steps?
Further consolidation in the VET system;
Merger between the VET system and the Labour market training system;
Better coordination between HE and VET sector.
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19. The opportunities for practical VET
Thank you!
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