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Title: VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY


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VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY Centre for Vocational
Education and Reserach THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AND TRAINING SYSTEM IN LITHUANIA Vidmantas
Tutlys 12 November, Kaunas 2007
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Reform 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.

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Documents 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

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VET 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)

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Vocational Education and Training
  • Vocational schools
  • Colleges
  • Professional colleges

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Vocational 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)

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VET financing
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Creation 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.

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What is the contents of the national
qualifcations system ?
  • 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.

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What 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.

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National qualifications system
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Role of the NQF in the processes of the System -
Designing of qualifications
National Qualifications Framework
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Role of the NQF in the processes of the
System - Provision of qualifications
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Role of the NQF in the processes of the
System Evaluation and Recognition of
qualifications
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Challenges 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.
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