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NEW VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AND
TRAINING STRATEGY IN ALBANIA
Dorina RAPTI
Head of VET Department
Ministry of Education and Science
June, 2012
The main focus
Quality Assurance,
Public and private
partnerships with VET
institutions will
be the main way to quickly
develop a VET innovative
system.
Education Vocational and
Training in Albania supports
sustainable economic and
social development in the
context of
regional and European
integration.
Building up a modern and
innovative system of VET,
as requirements of labor
market and continuous
professional development and
citizenship skills of youth and
adults.
VET PRIORITIES
Improving VET
FUNDING SYSTEM
Further strengthen
synergies between VET
and the labour market.
Improving
infrastructure in VET
schools
Improving the Quality
of Vocational
Education and Training
Promotion and
improvement career
guidance management in
VET schools/centers
Establishing of
multifunctional VET
centers and
incorporate postsecondary level
programs
Increasing the
attractiveness of
vocational education
General introduction on VET reforms in Albania
The new LAW, no. 8872, dated 29.03.2002 “On
Vocational Education and Training in the Republic of
Albania", changed,
The new structure of the VET System;
Post-secondary education – New programmes (practice
IT in Beqir Cela school, Veterinary management in UBT;
laboratory assistant etc.)
School Boards, School Autonomy, the self administration
&financing, interships
Multifunctional center in Kamza – It has started the
building from IPA funds
The promotion platform to promote the
attractiveness of pupils and students to the VET
There are open 17 new branches for Information
and Communication Technology in all major cities
of the country.
There are under construction and reconstruction of
five vocational schools with IPA funds. It will be
more 2 other schools next year
Teaching materials
Career Guidance has been one of the
important policy measures being undertaken
in the Albanian education system.
Entrepreneurship is one of the key
competencies that is involved in our education
system to promote creativity, initiative –
Competition supported from British Council
Self-assessment is an important reform in
the context of quality assurance
The new subject “Environment protection” in
term of Sustainable Development
Main Challenges in VET
Improving VET funding system
The AIM:
Development and
implementation of
an incentive- and
out-put-based VET
funding mechanism
to support this,
built on
government
financial incentives
as well as financial
contributions from
the private sector
Supporting
industrial
attachment
for students
in longterm VET
programs;
Supportin
g dualform VET
programs
for
students;
Upgrading
the skills of
employees
for
productivity
improvemen
t in
companies
and to
enable
employees
to adopt
emerging
new
technologie
s;
Supportin
g VET
graduates
to start
their own
MSME
(selfemployme
nt).