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Vocational education’s weakness in the Balkans is hampering labour markets and perpetuating social exclusion

Bartlett, Will ORCID: 0000-0002-6775-4339 and Gordon, Claire E (2014) Vocational education’s weakness in the Balkans is hampering labour markets and perpetuating social exclusion. South East Europe Blog (05 Jun 2014). Website.

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Abstract

Education systems in the Balkans are highly selective: best performing students gain entry into gymnasia, while others attend vocational education training (VET) schools. Children of VET-educated parents are likely to follow in their genitors’ footsteps. High rates of vocational enrolment, furthermore, are not matched by effectiveness in skill formation. A large research project by LSE researchers, whose overview has been recently published by the European Training Foundation, suggests that allocating more resources, improving teacher training and updating curricula are key measures to allow for a change of tide. Will Bartlett and Claire Gordon summarise the findings.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsee/
Additional Information: © 2014 The Author(s)
Divisions: European Institute
Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
L Education > LF Individual institutions (Europe)
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2017 11:12
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 19:41
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/80539

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