Schools strengthen link between employers to further improvement of the quality of vocational education and training (VET)

In February, the Ministry of Education and Science Republic of Latvia, in cooperation with the National Centre for Education, organised workshops for vocational education competence centres (VECC) and another vocational schools inviting the Sector Expert Councils (SEC).

The goal the workshops was to identify VECC responsible for methodological work according to the group of curricula. VECC was evaluated on the basis of the input in the methodological work and the capacity of the school, its future strategic development directions and other factors. SECs played an important role as it recommended VECC according to their quality assessment from employers and the strategic development of the whole industry.

As a result of the workshops, the Ministry of Education and Science Republic of Latvia determine the VECC responsible for methodological work according to the group of curricula.