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Work-based learning in vocational education and training

“The share of recent graduates from VET benefiting from exposure to work-based learning during their vocational education and training should be at least 60%, by 2025.”

Main indicator

The share of 20 to 34 year-olds who had a work experience of at least 1 month while studying and have graduated from mid-level VET (upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary) in the last three years. Annual data from the EU Labour Force Survey published by Eurostat ( ).

A closer look

The main indicator can be broken down by sex and type of remuneration.

Similar indicators

Exposure to work-based learning for a longer period.

Context

Enrolment by programme orientation in secondary education, at lower and upper levels, comparing the share of upper secondary students enrolled in vocational programs. A look also into the enrolment at tertiary level.

Enrolment in VET programmes by sex and field of education in upper secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.

Participation of VET students in mobility programs under Erasmus+. It can be broken down by the duration of the mobility experience.

Employment rate of recent VET graduates measured as the share of employed 20 to 34 years old mid-level VET graduates who have left education and training between one and three years ago.