Vocational Education and Training Systems in Nine Countries. OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training
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| Title: | Vocational Education and Training Systems in Nine Countries. OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ben Game, Abigail Sageev, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (France) |
| Source: | OECD Publishing. 2025. |
| Availability: | OECD Publishing. 2, rue Andre Pascal, F-75775 Paris Cedex 16, France. Tel: +33-145-24-8200; Fax: +33-145-24-8500; Web site: http://www.oecd.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 212 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Gatsby Charitable Foundation (United Kingdom) |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Foreign Countries, Career and Technical Education, Secondary Education, Curriculum, Work Based Learning, Career and Technical Education Teachers, Teacher Qualifications, Faculty Development, Governance, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Educational Testing, Career and Technical Education Schools |
| Geographic Terms: | Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland |
| DOI: | 10.1787/1a86eb6c-en |
| ISSN: | 2077-7728 2077-7736 |
| Abstract: | Upper-secondary vocational education and training (VET) represents the largest share of VET in most countries. It comprises programmes that are predominantly school-based, as well as programmes with a substantial element of work-based learning. Upper-secondary VET offers students the opportunity to develop labour market relevant skills, alongside more general and transversal competencies. It also typically enables learners to access higher levels of education and training. Countries implement upper-secondary VET in diverse ways. This report describes upper-secondary VET systems across seven dimensions in nine countries, providing an up-to-date and detailed evidence base on similarities and differences between upper-secondary VET systems around the world. The dimensions analysed are: 1) VET's place in the education system and pathways into and after VET; 2) curriculum and assessment; 3) work-based learning in school-based programmes; 4) provider types; 5) VET teachers and trainers' qualifications and professional development; 6) governance; and 7) funding. One chapter is dedicated to each of the nine countries: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED677695 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Upper-secondary vocational education and training (VET) represents the largest share of VET in most countries. It comprises programmes that are predominantly school-based, as well as programmes with a substantial element of work-based learning. Upper-secondary VET offers students the opportunity to develop labour market relevant skills, alongside more general and transversal competencies. It also typically enables learners to access higher levels of education and training. Countries implement upper-secondary VET in diverse ways. This report describes upper-secondary VET systems across seven dimensions in nine countries, providing an up-to-date and detailed evidence base on similarities and differences between upper-secondary VET systems around the world. The dimensions analysed are: 1) VET's place in the education system and pathways into and after VET; 2) curriculum and assessment; 3) work-based learning in school-based programmes; 4) provider types; 5) VET teachers and trainers' qualifications and professional development; 6) governance; and 7) funding. One chapter is dedicated to each of the nine countries: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-7728 2077-7736 |
| DOI: | 10.1787/1a86eb6c-en |
