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«Improving Employability»
Comenius-meetingBorg vgs
May 2013
• What is being done in Østfold to improve our students ability get employment or to complete high school?• Some of the measures are regional
and some are nationwide
• Our school is a vocational school – the aim for most of our students is to get an apprenticeship after two years
• Some students aim for a third year at school so they can apply for university/higher education – 50% fail.
• 35% of all students in Østfold fail to complete high school
• The aim in this period is to get the dropout-rate down to 25% by 2015.
• Quality development in basic education - with particular emphasis on cooperation between municipalities and Østfold County Council
• Quality development in secondary education with particular emphasis on:- Pupil Service- Health promoting schools- Minorities - Trainees and apprenticeships- Good transitions - NyGIV- Taking care of students who drop-out- Development of school systems and procedures
“New Possibilities”It is a national task to increase successful completion in Upper Secondary Education and Training from 70 % to 75 %. The project, Ny GIV, was introduced in the autumn 2010 and will last until 2013.
NEW POSSIBILITIES contain the following measures
• Intensified follow–up of pupils with the poorest results in the10th grade and in Upper Secondary Education and Training
• Courses for teachers from all over the country in how to developpupils’ basic skills in reading, writing and numeracy
• Teacher networks to orient teachers` classroom practice in a morepractical manner for the common core subjects Norwegian,English and Maths
• Pupils who are in danger of dropping out are offered summerjobs or summer school make the transition between differentschool levels easier to handle
• A common set of indicators has been established offering validand credible statistics based on numerical information from allcounty municipalities
• Improved collaboration between the The Follow–Up Serviceand the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration tohelp young people beteween the ages 16 – 21 who are neitherin school nor at work to return to school or apprenticeship
• Extensive dialogue with the social partners to obtain moreapprenticeships both in the private and the public sector
• More relevant and practice oriented vocational education andtraining (VET), for example via:1. The Certificate of Practice: a 2 year VET educationprogramme (Lower Level Craft/Journeyman`s Certificate)
2. Training Candidature: individually adapted education andtraining scheme based on a reduced package of competenceobjectives, often both working place and school based.
