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Spotlight on VET

2018 compilation : vocational education and training systems in Europe

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Like the previous edition published in 2015, this compilation addresses all those who need a quick overview of essential features of VET in Europe. Clarifying the place of VET in countries’ overall education and training systems, it presents main accession and progression routes for learners; types and levels of qualifications they lead to; types of programmes, delivery modes, work-based learning ratio and duration. The approach and terminology used for the systems charts and descriptions aim for a balance between national and international readers’ understanding and for some comparisons... between systems. This overview confirms trends that Cedefop identified in its policy monitoring: work-based learning has been strengthened, notably in form of apprenticeships; formal VET is opening up to different age groups to allow people to progress and upgrade their qualifications.