Vocational Skills in Europe Presentation at KS Brussel, 14 September 2017 Sigve Soldal Bjorstad DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Unit E3, Vocational training, Apprenticeships and Adult learning 1
EU targets for 2020 in education
ET2020 5 benchmarks 1. 1. Early childhood education and care: > 95% of children (2016: 94.3%) 2. 2. Basic skills : < 15% of 15-year-olds low performers (2016: Reading: 17.8%; Maths: 22.1%; Science: 16.6%) 3. 3. Learning mobility: > 20% of higher education graduates (2016: Bachelor: 5.9%; Master; 13.9%; Doctoral: 24.0%) 4. > 6% of IVET students (2016: 3.1%) 5. 4. Employment rate of graduates: > 82 % 6. 5. Adult learning: > 15% participation in lifelong learning (2016: 10.7%) 3
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Projection of qualifications needs (Cedefop) 5
Marianne Thyssen EU Commissioner for Skills (2014-)
Step by step 2008 New Skills for New Jobs Skills anticipation, Labour Market, Cooperation education-work 2010 Agenda for New Skills and Jobs Flexicurity, Skills, Quality jobs and working conditions, Job creation 2012 Rethinking Education Transversal (e.g. entrepreneurial), STEM, basic, vocational skills 2016 New Skills Agenda for Europe
New Skills Agenda for Europe (2016) I. Quality and relevance II. Visibility and comparability III. Skills intelligence and information
Digital transformation the fourth industrial revolution
Skills gap 20-25% of adults lack basic skills in reading, writing and maths 40% of adults lack basic digital skills 24% have not completed secondary education Only 38% of graduates feel prepared for work 40% of employers struggle to recruit people with the right skills
Shrinking and aging work force
Quality of education and training varies
Misperceptions (attractiveness)
Importance of informal learning
What's new? Focus on the low skilled Digitalisation mainstreamed Social partners involvement Sectors & economic reality
10 actions Upskilling pathways Graduate tracking Key competences Brain drain Sector blueprints Quality & Relevance Visibility & Comparability Projections & Information Make Vocational Education & Training a 1 st choice Digital Skills and Jobs Europass EQF 3rd country nationals
Work-based learning in all its forms (including Apprenticeships) VET Priorities for the period 2015-2020 Quality assurance, feedback loop between labour market needs and VET provision Access to training and qualifications for all in a LLL perspective (C-VET) Strengthen key competences in both I- and C-VET Professional development of VET teachers and trainers 17
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European Alliance for Apprenticeships Supply Quality Stren gthen Image Mobility Photo: World Skills Leipzig 2013 19
Definition What is an apprenticeship? Learning in school Training in company Certified & recognised Work contract (ideally) Vocational education and training www.ec.europa.eu/apprenticeships-alliance 20
Apprenticeships lead to jobs Countries with more work-based learning have less youth unemployment VET graduates tend to find a job faster than those with general education* Graduates of work-oriented programmes spend less time without work* *Quotes from Cedefop publication "From education to working life", 2012 www.ec.europa.eu/apprenticeships-alliance 21
10.5 million upper secondary VET students Proportion of all students EU average 48% Czech Republic 73% Croatia 71% Austria 70% Lithuania 27% Hungary 25% Malta (lowest) 13% 22
Work-based learning is still an exception 100% 90% 80% Share of students in combined work and school based upper secondary programmes 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% LV DK HU DE UK AT FR LU FI MT EL CZ SK BE SE ES EE Source: Eurostat (UOE, 2014), online data code educ_uoe_enrs04. Combined school and work-based programmes are programmes in which less than 75% of the curriculum is presented in the school environment or through distance education. Data for IT, NL and PL are missing. Working question non applicable for BG, IE, HR, CY, LT, PT, SI; definition differs in RO.
Variety of stakeholders 25
Earlall pledges to boost cooperation among its members to promote and increase the number, quality and attractiveness of apprenticeships, and more specifically, to stimulate and extend mobility opportunities for apprentices. 26
Concrete figures 700,000 new apprenticeship, traineeship and job opportunities + 390,000 apprenticeships under Youth Guarantee 2013-2020 2013-2016
Coming up European Framework for Quality and Effective Apprenticeships ErasmusPro for long-duration mobility of apprentices Apprenticeship Support Services And recently launched: European Network of Apprentices
Thank you! Sigve.bjorstad@ ec.europa.eu