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Vocational Education. For Social Inclusion. Gad Yair The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Where do we Stand?. The Rise and Fall of Vocational Education 1970s: A Hierarchical System of Vocational Schools – from Elite High-Tech and Bio-Tech Schools to Low Skilled Schools - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Rise and Fall of Vocational
Education
1970s: A Hierarchical System of
Vocational Schools – from Elite High-
Tech and Bio-Tech Schools to Low
Skilled Schools
1990s: An assessment that student
distribution matches socio-economic
differentials
2000s: High Cost of VET Schools,
leading to shutdowns
Now: Negative meaning of VET
Where do we Stand?
Safety-net and Hierarchy
We find that in most countries secondary vocational education reduced the odds of unemployment, and the chances of someone entering the labor force as an unskilled worker. The advantages associated with vocational education are most pronounced in countries where vocational secondary education is specific rather than general. Third, graduates of vocational secondary education attain lower occupational prestige than that attained by graduates of academic tertiary education. This disadvantage of vocational education is most pronounced in countries where vocational education also serves as an effective safety net. This is an important finding because it means that 'diversion' and 'safety net' effects are not mutually exclusive but are the flip side of the same coin.
Not Everybody can Succeed
in Academic High Schools
Less than 50% of Cohort
holds Matriculation
Only 30% have access to HE
.
The National Discussion:
The New Call for VETRecent government change has intensified national discussions about vocational education.
Thinking anew about the split between the ministries of Education and Economics, with more recognition for VET.