Iasi 15 February 2018 Teodora Borissova Chairman MISSION STATEMENT - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Iasi 15 February 2018 Teodora Borissova Chairman

MISSION STATEMENT Bulgarian Association of Networking Academies (BANA) is:  A non-profit organization of all Cisco networking academies and parties concerned in Bulgaria  The first contact point of the networking academies  Works to support Cisco students and graduates, helps them operate more efficiently  Promotes the ICT education in the country  Acts as a bridge between business and education

STRUCTURE  Executive Board – consists of 5 members  Supervisory Board – consists of 3 members  President – Teodora Borissova

MEMBERS o 37 academies  6 vocational schools, 16 centres for vocational education and training, 14 Universities  104 active instructors  1700 students annually

EXPERIENCE Activities related to career orientation of NetAcad graduates:  Job section on the web site of BANA  Contracts with companies  Project „ Talent Fair - – access to job market” 2014 -2015

School system for VET education in Bulgaria  373 vocational schools  Pilot model of partnership „ Vocational school – enterprise” • Target – increasing the quality of the competences of students for the purpose of better career realization • Partners – vocational schools, enterprises, branch organizations, municipalities, MoE

Pilot model of partnership „ Vocational school – company” - content  Estimated forecast of the needs of the enterprise in a period of 4-5 years  Vocational High school claims planning of the state plan-reception in agreement with the enterprise.  Admission to the vocational high school is negotiated with the municipality.  The learning plans and curricula are developed jointly by the partners - school and enterprise, according to the State educational standards  The above - approved by the Minister of Education

Pilot model of partnership „ Vocational school – company” - content Vocational training includes:  Theory and practice up to 11-th class - basic professional preparation.  In 11-th grade the theoretical preparation -3 days a week, in the 12-th - 2 days.  The training and production practices are conducted in the enterprise on specific jobs by mentors who can be both engineers and prominent workers who have undergone a training course in methodology of teaching . Each mentor responsible for one or two students. Appointment Financing:  MoE, enterprise, municipality, branch organization. Students get scholarship during the training.

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