Second Survey School and WOW.pdf

WORKING GROUP: SCHOOL
The recommendation both for Poland and for Europe is clear: there is a great need to develop
lifelong guidance system in each member state and across Europe as a real tool for
implementing the national system for LLL.
The best way to achieve it is development of National Fora for Lifelong Guidance in the
member states and the European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network. However, the Polish
experience learn that it will never happen if the bottom up social movement will be
overlooked. The governmental initiatives must be recognized and accepted by social partners.
Otherwise even the best initiatives of EC will be in vein.
Slovakia
We could agree with recommendations of OECD report from 2007. Main points are:
To improve participation of enterprises on creation of curriculum and on funding of
vocational education. Participation of funding of VET is quite rare in Slovakia. Financial
participation would guarantee better correspondence of skills acquired and expected on
the labour market.
Implement efficient apprentice training. To use dual apprentice training or similar system
of training on the real working place in enterprise. Experience with dual VET system shows
this could be good way how to make transitory process more smooth.
Support to non university tertiary education. Slovakia is missing less theoretical shorter
tertiary education with better vocation orientation similar to other European countries.
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