1. Mr. László Soós Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Department of Adult Training and Vocational Education andTraining Budapest, 22. feb. 2007. VET in Hungary

2. 2 VET in the Education System

3. 3 Legal Background  Act on Public Education  Act on Vocational Education and Training  Act on Vocational Training Contribution  Act on Adult Training  Decrees:  National Qualifications Register  On vocational examinations  On requirements of qualifications etc.

4. 4 Structure of VET ACT on Vocational Education and Training INDIVIDUALINDIVIDUAL Ministers responsible for qualifications Q U A P L E I R F S I O E N D Training program Professional program Central prg. Schools (Vocational, Secondary Vocational) Training Enterprises Requirements of qualifications EXAM Exam board NQR

5. 5 Quality assurance of VET  Process control of VET: based on central programme (curricula)  Output control: determined by professional and examination requirements of vocational qualifications  Role of the social partners

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8. 8 Education system in Hungary Elementary and secondary schools  Primary school from age 6 - ISCED 1-2 – primary grades (1-8)  General secondary education (GCSE) - ISCED 3 – gimnázium (9-12/13)  Vocational education Vocational schools Secondary vocational schools

9. 9 Education system in Hungary Initial Vocational Education and Training vocational schools ISCED 3 grades 9-10: general education + basic VET grades 11-12/13: vocational (vocational certificate) secondary vocational schools grades 9-12/13 gen. ed.+ basic VET (GCSE) - ISCED 3 grades 13-14/15 vocational or technician certificate - ISCED 4 higher level vocational education – ISCED 5 (credits can be accepted in HE)

10. 10 Education system in Hungary Higher education  University level - M.Sc.  College level - B.Sc.  Higher level (tertiary) VET- ISCED 5 (credits can be accepted in HE)

11. 11 National Qualification Register (NQR - OKJ)  First National Qualification Register: Decree 7/1993. (XII.30.) issued by Ministry of Labour  New legal background established by Decree 1/2006. (II.17.) of Ministry of Education  State-recognised vocational qualifications  Content and requirements are uniform  Equivalence ensured by voc. state examinations

12. 12 Number of qualifications 1993-2006 YearNumber of qualificationsnewdeleted 1993.955 - 1995.896616 1996.9333328 1997.943188 1998.9507- 1999.9512423 2000.9341734 2001.81231111 2002.81882 2003.82471 2004.800933 2005.8077- 2006.417

13. 13 NEW STRUCTURE OF NQR  Qualification, part-qualification, branch-off and compound qualifications  National map of modules  Diverse admission requirements (based on competence, academic certificate, preliminary vocational training)

14. 14 SYSTEM OF QUALIFICATIONS

15. 15 National Map of Modules Qualification 1. Qualification 2. 1324 1 4 3 5 2 3 1 4 2 3 14 2 215432 4576431 12 34 8 765 12

16. 16 Structure of requirements „old”„new” Data and scope of activities of qualification (based on job analysis) Data and scope of activities of qualification Professional requirements Exam requirements List of tools list of exams and (part)qualifications

17. 17 Thank You for your attention ! soos.laszlo@szmm.gov.hu