SWISS SUPPORT FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF DUAL-TRACK PRINCIPLES IN THE

BULGARIAN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM

2015-2019Petya Evtimova – Team Leader, Project Management Unit

fffMAIN GOAL

Create a replicable model and build capacity for implementing dual vocational education in Bulgaria

Interlinked objectives Pilot a new approach in the development of VET curricula Implement the curricula in a complete educational cycle in a number of professions Build capacity for the implementation of the dual system Support legislative changes for the implementation Promote a positive public image of the project and of VET

in general

BUDGET

Overall Budget CHF 3 530 000 Swiss contribution 85 % CHF 3 000 500BG contribution 15% CHF 529 500

MAIN IMPLEMENTING INSTITUTIONS• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation/SDC/• National Coordination Unit (NCU) /Council of Ministers • Project Management Unit (PMU) • State Institutions: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Economy, National Agency for Vocational Education and Training• Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Training• Bulgarian-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC) • Branch Associations/Employers’ Organizations• VET Schools• Partner Companies

Steering CommitteeSDC, NCU, MES, MLSP, ME, NAVET

PMUSCO MES

SFIVET experts,Backstoppers

NCG VET

VET ForumSe

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Operative Partnership Groups

Schools CompaniesImplementing Consultants

Legend:steerring and supervisionmandating and controlling

recommendations and consulting

ScopeYear Professions Schools Classes /

ProfessionStudents

2015 2 3 2 240

2016 2 3 2 240

2017 2 3 2 240

2018 2 3 2 240

2019 2 3 2 240

Total 10 15 10 1200

MODEL FOR IMPLEMENTING DVET

9th 10th 11th 12th

Days per Week è

1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

General Education 4.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 45.0%In-Company-Training 0.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 35.0%Professional Theory 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 20.0%

grade

1.0

3.0

3.0

1.0

3.0

1.0

4.0

SELECTED PROFESSIONS FOR 2015/2016

MACHINE TECHNICIAN

TECHNICIAN-TECHNOLOGIST IN THE PRODUCTION OF MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS

SCHOOL-COMPANY PARTNERSHIPMACHINE TECHNICIAN

Vocational School “Ivan Hadjienov”KazanlakPartner companies: - ARCENAL AD - М+S HUDRAULIC AD - GUALA CLOSURES BULGARIA AD

SCHOOL-COMPANY PARTNERSHIPTechnologist Dairy Production

Vocational Food-Processing School “Prof. Dr. Georgi Pavlov” - Sofia

Partner companies: SCHREIBER FOODS BULGARIA andMY DAY

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS• SERIES OF WORKSHOPS WITH PROFESSIONALS FROM THE COMPANIES, TEACHERS IN PROFESSIONAL THEORY AND VET EXPERTS FOR THE ELABORATION OF NEW SYLLABI AND CURRICULA FOR THE TWO SELECTED PROFESSIONS

• FULLY DEVELEOPED QUALIFICATION PROFILES FOR THE TWO PROFESSIONAS BASED ON REAL WORKING SITUATIONS

• AMENDMENT IN THE NATIONAL FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME “B” ALLOWING DUAL EDUCATION FOR ACQUIRING THIRD LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION IN VET SCHOOLS

• ELABORATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR THE WORK IN THE COMPANIES

RISKS AND CHALLENGES

• political commitment• lack of confidence in the cooperation between

schools and companies• parents’ and students’ concerns• teachers’ concerns• unknown system for the BG business• opposition from trade unions

POTENTIALS reform the entire BG VET system using the Swiss model and bring it closer to the needs of business create a replicable model to be introduced in many other schools and businesses use EU Structural Funds (2015-2020) to widen the scope of the project provide students with the skills and competences they should have to enter the labour market

PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT

Petya EvtimovaPolina ZlatarskaTeam Leader Business Services Experte-mail: p.evtimova@mon.bg e-mail: p.zlatarska@mon.bg tel: +359 2 9217 520 tel: +359 2 9217 791

Nikolay Georgiev Vocational Education Expert

e-mail: n.georgiev@mon.bg

tel: +359 2 9217 614