Title: VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY
1VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY Centre for Vocational
Education and Reserach THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AND TRAINING SYSTEM IN LITHUANIA Vidmantas
Tutlys 12 November, Kaunas 2007
2Reform of VET System
- The 1st stage (1988-1992)
- A new vision of VET was created, VET policy
and strategy were formulated and international
cooperation was developed. Organizational
restructuring of the vocational schools. - The 2nd stage (1993-1996)
- It is a stage of decentralization. The renewal
of teaching and learning curriculum, development
of social partnership, etc. - The 3rd stage of the reform started in 1997
- Main goal - to achieve a level of VET in
Lithuania that would correspond to international
standards to assess the quality of study
programmes to work out teaching/study standards.
3Documents regulating Education in Lithuania
- 1991 Law of Education
- 1992- The General Concept of Education in
Lithuania - 1997- Law of VET
- 1998 White paper of Vocational Education and
Training - 2000 Law of Higher Education
- 2007 Ammendment of the Law of VET introducing
the national Qualifications System of Lithuania - Other Classification of levels of Vocational
Education, the Structure of the National
Vocational Standard, Law of Special Education,
Law of Non-formal adult Education - On-comming legal regultions in 2008 Law of
Qualifications for the legal approval of the
National Qualifications System and NQF
4VET Administration structure
- Ministry of Education and Science (SMM) is
responsible for the development of a general
policy and strategy of VET (http//www.smm.lt) - Ministry Social Care and Work (SADM) is
responsible for labour market vocational training
(http//www.ldrmt.lt) - The Methodological Centre for VET guarantees
didactical provision of VET and develops
vocational education and training standards
(http//www.pmmc.lt) - Lithuanian Labour Market Training Authority
(LDRMT) implements the policy of labour market
vocational training and counseling, expertise and
coordination functions through regional
authorities and training centres
(http//www.ldrmt.lt) - Centre for Vocational Education and Research at
Vytautas Magnus University (VDU PRSC) is an
institution that performs VET research
(http//www.vdu.lt/prsc)
5Vocational Education and Training
- Vocational schools
- Colleges
- Professional colleges
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7Vocational schools
- Teaching programmes
- I stage vocational training
- For children under 14 years of age. Duration
- 2-3 years. Opportunities are created for those
who desire to acquire basic education and obtain
a vocational qualification. First stage curricula
lead to a Level 2 vocational qualification (ISCED
2) - II stage vocational training
- For basic school leavers who wish to obtain
vocational qualification. Duration - 2 years.
This curricula lead to a Level 3 qualification
(ISCED 3) - III stage vocational training
- For young people from the age of 16 who have
already acquired a basic education. It provides
an opportunity to obtain both professional
qualification and a secondary school education.
Duration - 3 years . Vocational qualification
correspond to a Level 3 qualification (ISCED 3) - IV stage vocational training
- For secondary school or gymnasium leavers
who wish to obtain a vocational qualification.
Duration - 1 - 2 years. The studies lead to Level
4 qualification (ISCED 4)
8VET financing
9Creation of the National Qualifications System of
Lithuania
- On 7 March 2005, the Lithuanian Labour Market
Training Authority commenced the implementation
of a national level project Creation of the
National Qualifications System as financed by
the European Social Fund of the European Union. - The principal aim of this project is to create a
uniform and transparent qualifications system
which would cover all levels of qualifications,
secure transition between the levels, ensure the
variety of ways of acquiring a qualification, and
provides a possibility to flexibly respond to the
requirements of the changing environment.
10What is the contents of the national
qualifcations system ?
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- The NQS is composed of the following
sub-systems - 1. National framework of qualifications
- 2. Processes
- - designing of qualifications
- - supply / acquisition of qualifications
- - evaluation and recognition of qualifications
- - management and quality assurance of the
NQS.
11What are the basic principles of the NQS ?
- - Relations between the system of
activities and system of education. - - Consideration of the education system
of Lithuania its structure, development,
experience, traditions, development trends. - - Methodological validity. There is
established the unified theoretical understanding
of the qualifications and qualifications
framework. The concepts of qualifications and
framework of qualifications match the European
Qualifications Framework. - - Social partnership.
- - Transparency and comprehensibility of
qualifications. - - Compatibility of the processes and
measures composing the NQS.
12 National qualifications system
13Role of the NQF in the processes of the System -
Designing of qualifications
National Qualifications Framework
14 Role of the NQF in the processes of the
System - Provision of qualifications
15 Role of the NQF in the processes of the
System Evaluation and Recognition of
qualifications
16Challenges of the implementation of the
integrated NQS and NQF System of Education
- Integration of the higher education
qualifications (especially provided by the
universities) in the common framework. - Institutional improvement of the transition
pathways from the IVET to higher education and
from the IVET to CVET. -