EDUCATIONAL POLICY-MAKING IN TVET

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EDUCATIONAL POLICY-MAKINGIN TVET
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ADMINISTRATION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND
TRAINING IN FINLAND

• Legislation
• State budget
• Government decrees
• Development plans and general policy papers
• General objectives of education
• Educational policymaking
• Regulation and financing
• List of qualifications
• National core curricula and qualifications
• Implementing development programmes
• Evaluation of learning outcomes
• Service functions

PARLIAMENT GOVERNMENT MINISTRY OF
EDUCATION NATIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION PROVIDERS
OF EDUCATION

• STATE PROVINCIAL
• OFFICES
• Certain administrative tasks

• EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMITTEES
• QUALIFICATION COMMITTEES
• Links to the world of work

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THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF FINLAND
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SCHOOL LEAVERS AFTER 9 YEARS OF COMPULSORY
EDUCATION IN 2002
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PARTICIPATION IN UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION after
comprehensive school
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VET in Finland Upper Secondary LevelMain
Challenges

• Access to education for all
• Co-operation between schools and the world of
  work increasing on-the-job learning
• Co-operation between vocational and general
  education
• Opening paths to further studies
• Improving the quality and performance of
  education
• Increasing the prestige and attractiveness of VET
• Special education, preventing drop-outs

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VET in Finland Upper Secondary
LevelVocational Qualifications

• 52 broad-based vocational qualifications, 113
  study programmes
• All qualifications take 3 years (120 Finnish
  credit units)
• Minimum six months on-the-job learning
• Combinations of vocational and general studies
• Gives eligibility for higher education
  (universities and polytechnics)
• Personal study plans, optional studies
• Cooperation with the world of work
• Vocational skills demonstrations

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VET in Finland Upper Secondary LevelSectors
and qualifications

1. Natural Resources5 Vocational qualifications
2. Technology and Transport26 Vocational
   qualifications
3. Business and Administration2 Vocational
   qualifications
4. Tourism, Catering and Home Economics5 Vocational
   qualifications

1. Health and Social Services5 Vocational
   qualifications
2. Culture5 Vocational qualifications
3. Leisure and Physical Education4 Vocational
   qualifications

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VET in Finland Upper Secondary
LevelComposition of studies ( 3 years 120
credits)
Vocational studies 90 credit - basic
field-specific - specific (mainly optional) -
includes 20 credits (minimum) of on-the-job
learning
Common subjects 20 credits
Free-choice studies 10 credits
Core skills and common emphases are
cross-curricular objectives.
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VET in Finland Upper Secondary
LevelBroad-based Vocational Competence
Broad-based vocational competence
common subjects
core skills
common emphases
Free-choicestudies
Specificskills
Workplacebased learning
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VET in Finland Upper Secondary LevelCommon
emphases

• Occupational health and safety
• Promotion of sustainable development
• Technology and ICT
• Entrepreneurship
• Quality
• Customer service and consumer skills
• Internationalisation

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VET in Finland Upper Secondary LevelCore
skills common to all fields

• Learning skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Interaction and communication skills
• Co-operation skills
• Ethical and aesthetic skills

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VET in Finland Upper Secondary LevelSubjects
common to all fields (20 credits)

• Native language / Finnish or Swedish
• Second national language
• Foreign language
• Mathematics
• Physics and chemistry
• Social and labour-market subjects
• Health education
• Physical education
• Arts and culture

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Proficiency of 15-year-olds on the PISA reading
literacy scale (2000)
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SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS
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PREPARATORY AND REHABILITATIVE EDUCATION IN VET
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DROP-OUTS IN VET
School year
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YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT 1992 - 2004
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THE PERFORMANCE-BASED FINANCING SYSTEM
FINANCING OF VET
STATUTORY GOVERNMENT TRANSFER
PERFORMANCE-BASED FINANCING (government subsidy)
BASED ON OPERATIONAL OUTCOME - effectiveness -
processes - staff (Quantitative indicators)
UNIT PRICE/ STUDENT/ YEAR
BASED ON QUALITY ASSESMENT (EFQM) - SPECIAL
THEMES (Qualitative)
OUTCOME BASED FUNDS
QUALITY AWARD
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APPLICANTS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING,
Changes in numbers of applicants after 2000
First choices of applicants in the joint
application system. The data for 2005 is
preliminary.