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lent to the Danish folkeskole. The applicant may enter a VET
programme either at a vocational college or in a company
where practical, on-the-job training is to take place. The applicant
must have signed a training agreement with a business
enterprise before on-the-job training begins. Before admission,
foreigners can take a Danish test at the college. The Danish
language requirement is often at the level of Almenprøve 2 +
DUF-prøven.
HOW TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION
If the applicant is starting on a VET programme at a school,
it is here the applicant shall apply for admission. Registration
forms are available from vocational colleges (technical colleges,
business colleges and agricultural colleges) and from the Public
Employment Service Centers (AF). They may sign up for most
programmes until starting time, which is normally in August and
in January. They may conclude a training agreement with a business
enterprise at any time during the year.
ALTERNATIVE ROADS INTO VET
If the applicants have work experience, they may want to get
an assessment and take supplementary courses through the Ba-
sic Adult Education (Grundlæggende Voksenuddannelse, GVU).
Admission to GVU requires that the applicant is at least 25 years
old, has a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience and
hold a qualifi cation in relevant subjects at least equivalent to a
Danish lower-secondary school-leaving examination.
GVU offers an initial assessment of competences, typically including
practical exercises, and on this basis, a personal plan for
supplementary education and training is drawn up. Registration
takes place by contacting a school offering the programme in
question.
FINANCIAL
Low skilled and skilled participants are entitled to a fi xed allowance
fi nanced by the state, the State Grant System for Adult Training
(VEU-godtgørelse) corresponding to the level of maximum
unemployment benefi t rate. Companies paying regular wages to
employees participating in adult vocational training programmes
are entitled to receiving the grant instead. Expenditures for the
allowances are covered by employer’s en bloc (AER arbejdsgivernes
Elevrefusion). Expenditures for participation by unemployed
after their fi rst term of unemployment are covered by the job
centers / local authorities (payment commitment).
MAINSTREAM EDUCATION SYSTEM
ADULT EDUCATION AND CONTINUING VOCATIONAL TRAINING
The Danish Education
and Training System
Higher Education
Youth Education
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