Tag: vocational
Education: OECD calls for reform of postsecondary vocational education and training in Denmark
[ad_1] 04/09/2012 – Denmark should build on the strengths of its vocational and educational training programme to ensure that young people enter the labour market with the skills companies need and to meet the national goal of having 60% of young people enter higher education by 2020, according to a new OECD report. The…
OECD report on vocational training in Austria calls for continued diversity and increased co-ordination
[ad_1] 03/07/2013 – There are few OECD countries where vocational education and training (VET) is held in such high regard or takes so many forms as in Austria. Some 60 percent of young Austrians aged between 25 and 34 have completed a VET course below tertiary level (vocational school or technical college). Vocational colleges,…
Australia should improve the quality of vocational education and training to help young people into work
[ad_1] 12/9/2016 – Australia should follow up on the reform of its vocational education system by improving quality control in the VET sector and step up career guidance for young people to boost young people’s job prospects and reduce the share of under-30-year-olds who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs), according to…