Vocational Education and Training

Learning for JobsSkills beyond School

Israel Accession Seminar

22-23 November 2011

Deborah Roseveare

Learning for JobsKey recommendations

Provide the right mix of skills for the labour market that: reconciles student preferences and employer needs balances technical skills that employers need immediately

with generic, transferable skills

Reform career guidance to deliver effective advice to all students that is independent, objective and well-informed by labour market information

Ensure teachers and trainers are well-prepared and up-to-date

Make full use of good-quality workplace learning in initial VET programmes

Develop tools to engage stakeholders and promote transparency

Skills Beyond School

Why look at postsecondary VET?

Increasing demand in technical & professional occupations (e.g. health care)

Growing demand for high level technical & professional skills from both the labour market and students

In some countries, new and growing postsecondary vocational programmes

Review of post-secondary vocational education and training (VET)

Skills Beyond School

What are the big policy challenges?

Funding and finance How the cost of provision of postsecondary VET should be

distributed between student, employer and government?

Employer engagement Is the system supply or demand-driven?

Integration How is postsecondary VET connected with other levels of the

education system?

Delivering quality What are the mechanisms ensuring that all students reach at least

minimum requirements upon completion of their studies?

Skills beyond school

Country reviews

Country commentaries

Background report only

AustriaDenmarkEgyptGermanyKoreaSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUnited States

Belgium (Flanders)CanadaHungaryIsraelRomaniaSpain

FranceIcelandMexico

Country reviews and country commentaries: 2011 and 2012

Comparative report: detailed outline Q4 2012Publication in Q4 2013

Thank you

www.oecd.org/education/VET