New publication: Spotlight on VET Finland

Some of the main points:

• From the late 1990s the vocational track has given eligibility to access polytechnics and universities.
• The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for strategic and normative steering of VET and leads national development.
• Vocational qualification requirements are developed through broad-based cooperation with stakeholders.
• More than 40% of the relevant age group start vocational upper secondary studies immediately after basic education.
• The biggest fields are technology, communications and transport, social services, health and sports, with half the students being female.
• Prevention of drop-out from education and exclusion from society is a policy priority.