Measures to prevent drop out

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Measures to prevent drop out

• Mag. Slava Pevec Grm
• Slovenia

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Measures to prevent drop outs

• Supply of different possibilities of education
  and training programmes at upper secondary
  education is important, possibilities for
  vertical and horizontal transition since 1996
  the supply has increased
• Good quality and attractive pathways though upper
  secondary education curricular reform
  (modularised and competence-based curricula) in
  technical and vocational education since 2002
• More focus on demand side as regards drop outs
  early identifications of students at risk
  measures for more guidance, couching and support
  for individual student.

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Policy measures

• Great choice of education and training
  possibilities after 9-year elementary
  comprehensive schooling the supply has increased
  
• Transition from 9-year compulsory schooling into
  secondary education is 98.

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Heterogeneity of levels of secondary education

• Different possibilities for continuing secondary
  education on various
• levels
• Short-term vocational education (1,5 -2,5 years),
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• Secondary vocational education (3 years), 19
• Secondary technical education (4 years), 38
• Secondary general education (4 years), 41
• Vocational-technical education 2 years (65 of
  students, who finish vocational education)
• Bridging courses vocational and maturity courses

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VET reform since 2002

• More flexible modularised framework curricula
  developed.
• Very school has to prepare school curriculum in
  accordance with the needs of the pupils enrolled
  and in close cooperation with local companies.
• Team work of teacher and weekly evaluation.
• More individualised and flexible pathways, more
  support for each student, a certificate on NVQ as
  a partial qualifications provide access to the
  labour market.

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Early identification and support

• Early identification of students at risk by use
  of portfolio and formative assessment.
• Schools are obliged to prepare individual
  learning plan, when student dont meet the
  minimum standard.
• Many projects for supporting schools and
  teachers (PUPO)

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Share of the population aged 18-24 with only
lower-secondary educationand not in education or
training, 2006

• Slovenia, 2006 5,2

Data source Eurostat (Labour Force Survey), 2006
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Percentage of the population (20-24)having
completed at least upper-secondary education,
2000-2005

• Slovenija2004 88,6, 2004-2005 90,5

2000- 2004- 2005 Data source Eurostat (Labour
Force Survey).