The Financing Of Vocational Education And Training In Sweden

Recoge: 1.Background information - 2.Initial vocational training (IVT) - 3.Continuing vocational training(CVT) - 4.Training for the unemployed - 5.Combined training programmes - 6.The future of financing VET: trends and perspectives - 7.Annexes.

Recoge: 1.Introduction - 2.Policy and structural framework - 3.support measures to promote participation and access, modes of delivery and actors - 4.Curricular developpment, learning strategies and methodology - 5.Conclusions - 6.Annexes.

One of a series of studies on vocational education and training, this review focuses on the vocational education and training (VET) in Sweden and concludes with policy recommendations. Over recent years, Sweden has launched a series of reforms to enhance involvement of social partners in VET, to increase provision of work-based learning in VET programmes and to promote apprenticeship. Higher vocational education and training launched in 2002 has been expanding. At the same time, numerous sectors are grappling with labour shortages increasing pressure on VET to better match the provision to changing demand for skills; and fewer young people opt for VET programmes than in the past. This report suggests several ways in which the Swedish VET system may respond to these challenges. Sweden may encourage co-operation between schools, for example by linking it to school evaluation and funding criteria. The report also argues that Sweden may further enhance social partners' involvement in VET by creating a framework for systematic social partners' involvement at the local level and by providing social partners with more responsibility over some aspects of VET.

One of a series of studies on vocational education and training, this review focuses on the vocational education and training (VET) in Sweden and concludes with policy recommendations. Over recent years, Sweden has launched a series of reforms to enhance involvement of social partners in VET ...

Recoge: 1.Basic information - 2.Initial vocational training (IVT) - 3.Continuing vocational training - 4.The future of funding for vocational education and training: trends and perspectives - 5.Annexes.

Recoge: 1.Background to the funding of vocational education and training - 2.Initial vocational training - 3.Continuing vocational and training - 4.Training schemes for the unemployed - 5.Combined training programmes - 6.Future financing of vocational training-trends and projections.

Rather than a distinct vocational education and training (VET) system, Swedish institutions include VET as part of an educational philosophy stressing equity, integration, and comprehensiveness. The VET system forms part of a comprehensive model of education stressing active citizenship, work life orientation, and preparation for further studies. The radical reform of the upper secondary system in 1991 resulted in decentralization, new curricula, and more individual choice. Measures taken to develop a more integrated system at the upper secondary level include extension of all programs to 3 years and application of a core curriculum approach to both academic and vocational programs. Of the 16 nationally determined programs, 14 are primarily vocational and 2 are focused on preparation for university. Important institutions at the adult and higher education level include vocational programs in municipal adult education, employment training, in-company training, and staff development. Trade unions have their own extensive education programs. The VET system is overwhelmingly publicly run and financed, with very few private providers of training. At the upper secondary level, national tests determine the achievement of quality standards. However, there is no formal system such as tests, diplomas, or national qualifications to recognize the acquisition of vocational skills and competencies. Among current trends influencing the VET system in Sweden are new developments in work and society that form a new context for policy implementation. These new developments include the following: the growth of unemployment, changing skill requirements, a new intercultural context, the challenge of lifelong learning, and deskilling and upgrading. (Four appendixes contain the following: acronyms and abbreviations, addresses of 20 major organizations, 81 resources and references, and a glossary.) (KC)

Recoge: 1. Background information concerning the financing arrangements for training - 2. Initial vocational training - 3. Continuing vocational and training - 4. Training for the unemployed - 5. Combined training programmes - 6. The future of financing of VET - 7. Legal provisions.