The importance of knowing what happens to graduates EU perspective
Increased attention at the EU level to graduates tracking To ensure QUALITY of VET provision To ensure RELEVANCE of VET provision EQAVET (EU Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training) RIGA conclusions “On a new set of medium -term deliverables in the field of VET for the Period 2015- 2020”
EQAVET 2 INDICATORS related to VET graduate tracking Indicator 5 PLACEMENT RATE IN VET programmes Destination of VET learners at designated point in time after completion of training, according to the type of programme and individual criteria. Share of employed VET learners at designated point in time after completion of training, according to the type of programme and individual criteria. Indicator 6 UTILISATION OF ACQUIRED SKILLS AT THE WORKPLACE Information on occupation obtained by individuals after completion of IVET training, according to type of training and individual criteria Satisfaction rate of individuals and employers with acquired skills/competences
RIGA conclusions RIGA Deliverable Development of quality assurance mechanisms in VET in line with the EQAVET recommendation and establishment of continuous information and feedback loops in IVET and CVET systems based on learning outcomes Use of information on VET graduates employability, learning, labour market • entry and careers Establishment of mechanisms to feed back the results of the monitoring to • adapt VET provision Development of local and regional authorities and VET providers capacities to • use the information for curriculum design
New Skills Agenda for Europe Proposal on tertiary graduate tracking Proposal to Member states to improve the availability and quality of information about the activity of graduates by a) collecting relevant administrative data from education, tax and social security databases; b) longitudinal surveys Recommendation to use data form graduates to strengthen career guidance, design and update curricula, improve skills matching……….
Existence of VET graduate tracking in EU member states 24 EU Member states have VET graduate tracking (19 with national measures) 4 EU Member states with no VET graduates tracking/in piloting phase 8 countries with measure covering IVET and CVET 17 countries with measures including employment and education indicators Combination of administrative and survey data
EU-level interventions related to graduate tracking One-off tracking measures CHEERS • REFLEX/HEGESCO • LFS module on “Entry of young people into the labour market” (2009) •
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