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Swiss Vocational & Professional Education &Training (VPET)
Christoph Ebell, Embassy of Switzerland, Washington, DC
Outline
• Overview• Vocational education and training (VET)• Professional education and training (PET)• VET/PET Partners• VET/PET Funding• VET/PET Innovation• Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
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PET
VET
Professional Education & Training(tertiary level)
Vocational Education & Training(upper-secondary level)
Swiss VET/PET System
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Legal Basis
VPETA: Federal Vocational & Professional Education & Training Act
• revised in 2002• came into force in early 2004
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Outline
• Overview• Vocational education and training (VET)• Professional education and training (PET)• VET/PET Partners• VET/PET Funding• VET/PET Innovation• Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
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Vocational Education & Training
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Students entering upper secondary education
OPET illustration. Source: VET in Switzerland – National report from Switzerland contributing to the OECD‘s review of „learning for jobs“ 2008, p. 28 + 30
Single- and dual-track VET approach
9OPET illustration. Source: Federal Statistical Office – Education indicators (www.bfs.admin.ch)
Dual-track VET approach
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practice theory
company3 – 4 days per week
vocational school1 -2 days per week
Federal VET Certificate (2 years) or Federal VET Diploma (3 or 4 years)
Three study/training locations within the dual-track system
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The 20 most popular occupations
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Number of newly enrolled VET students in 2007
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Youth unemployment under 25 years (OECD 2009, reference year 2008) Switzerland: 7.0 % - OECD average: 12.4 %
Outline
• Overview• Vocational education and training (VET)• Professional education and training (PET)• VET/PET Partners• VET/PET Funding• VET/PET Innovation• Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
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Professional Education & Training
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Outline
• Overview• Vocational education and training (VET)• Professional education and training (PET)• VET/PET Partners• VET/PET Funding• VET/PET Innovation• Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
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VET/PET Partners
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CompaniesVocational schools
Cooperation with VET/PET Partners
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• Federal Commission for Vocational and Professional Education and Training (EBBK)
• Federal Commission for VET Professionals (EKBV)
• Federal Vocational Baccalaureate Examination Board
• Federal Commission for Professional Colleges
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• Overview• Vocational education and training (VET)• Professional education and training (PET)• VET/PET Partners• VET/PET Funding• VET/PET Innovation• Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
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VET funding
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55 %
PET Funding
Funding of Switzerland‘s PET programmes are to a large
extent paid for by:
• Employers
• Private individuals involved
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Cost and benefit
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Outline
• Overview• Vocational education and training (VET)• Professional education and training (PET)• VET/PET Partners• VET/PET Funding• VET/PET Innovation• Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
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VET/PET Innovation
Development of the VET/PET system
• 2008 – 2011: 270 million Swiss Francs
VET/PET research
• 2008 – 2011: 20 million Swiss Francs
• 7 leading houses
• Grants for development projects
• Specific research contracts
Application of research finding
• Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET)
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Outline
• Overview• Vocational education and training (VET)• Professional education and training (PET)• VET/PET Partners• VET/PET Funding• VET/PET Innovation• Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
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Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
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UAS Landscape
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Steering of UAS
• Federal control of UAS: Federal Office for Professional Education and Training OPET
• Cantons or groups of cantons owning AUS
• Tasks:
• Approval of requests (1998, 2003)
• Peer Review (2001, 2003)
• Funding
• Approval of study programs
• Accreditation / recognition of degrees
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UAS: Fields of Study
• Engineering and IT
• Architecture, Building Engineering and Planning
• Chemistry and Life Sciences
• Agriculture and Forestry
• Business, Management and Services
• Design
• Health
• Social Work
• Music, Theatre and other Arts
• Applied Psychology
• Applied Linguistics
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Thank you for your attention !
Further information: www.bbt.admin.ch30