Vocational Adult Education and Training in Slovakia. Second or Wasted Chance?

Conference: The Barcelona Conference on Education (BCE2022)
Title: Vocational Adult Education and Training in Slovakia. Second or Wasted Chance?
Stream: Educational Policy, Leadership, Management & Administration
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Authors:
Marek Lukáč, University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia
Silvia Lukáčová, University of Prešov in Prešov, Slovakia

Abstract:

In the paper we offer an overview of vocational education and training of adults against the background of the concept of second chance education. We analyze the nature, shortcomings and opportunities of vocational education and training as a key segment preparing a skilled workforce, but which also has the potential to contribute to the wider societal goals of social inclusion. Vocational education and training of adults in Slovakia does not sufficiently reflect the specifics of adult education and learning in the education process and competencies of the teachers. There is no systematic approach in order to increase the participation of adults with the lowest level of education in formal education. Secondary schools do not provide counseling services for adults, there is no room for individual adaptation of progress in education, which would allow flexible response to specific life situations of adults, coordinated approach based on the partnership and cooperation of important actors at regional and national level is missing. Adults with the lowest level of education and without education have long been the most risky group in terms of employment in the labor market and at the same time participate in education to the lowest extent. The vocational education and training of adults in Slovakia lacks the concept of second chance education, that would enable to enter and succesfully gain the education by those, who needed it the most.



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