The Vocational Education Bill was passed

With improved changes and changes, the Education Minister continued Kiriakos PierrakakisAccepting the opposition's proposals, the Ministry of Education's Bill on “Strengthening and Promotion of Vocational Education and Training” was debated and passed, concluded in the plenary session of Parliament.

The bill was passed by a majority. Its delegates voted in favor of his policy SWof Spartans She too Freedom of penetration. They rejected it Syriza, Pasok-Kinal, KK, Hellenic Solution, Niki And New Left.

The aim of the draft law is overall improvement in terms of vocational education and training, with the aim of making it the first and most reliable choice for many young men and women. Specifically:
• IEK was upgraded and renamed as Higher Vocational Training Schools (SAEK). SAEK takes on a much expanded role in actively connecting their trainees and graduates with the local, regional and sectoral labor market. • Additionally, in SAEK, from February 2024, 130 new training guides will be integrated. • Vocational Education and Training (VET) centers are established to improve all vocational education and training structures and their linkages with the labor market and local economy. In each KEEK, Vocational High Schools (EPA.LP.EPA.L), Laboratory Centers, Apprenticeship Schools or SAEKs operate together, while a High School Year – Apprenticeship class is also offered.

A K.E.K.E.K. At least one academic institution, one training institution and one laboratory center (EC) should be co-located at one location (campus), while emphasis will be given to additional criteria such as teaching spaces, logistical infrastructure, accessibility for the disabled. Proximity by transport. It is estimated that approximately 60 KEEK – campuses will be established across the territory, most of which will be thematically targeted.

• Professional Development and Career Offices (GEAS) are established and functioning as organic units of KEEK. GEAS will collaborate with professional organizations to analyze and process statistical data, and ensure that students' professional needs are met. Through personalized counseling services, students/apprentices/trainees are informed about the characteristics and professional opportunities of their chosen career and the possibility of transfer to subsequent educational levels.

• A digital GEAS information portal is being created, which will include: specializations offered by each educational institution (ESK/ EPAL/ IEK/ post-secondary – training course), organizational structure for internship/apprenticeship training, frequently asked questions, contact persons to provide information to trainees and businesses. Details, list of professionals-businesses at local level (municipality-community-adjacent municipalities) with contact person details, notification field of businesses looking for students/apprentices/apprentices/graduates for internship/apprenticeship/permanent employment and statistics on professional development and rehabilitation of graduates.

• Special provisions of EPAL standards are generalized to all EPA.L. Therefore, from September 2025, institutions and activities such as the Coordination Committee of the Model Vocational Lyceum, the practical training of students, the implementation of new study programs and their synchronization with the needs of the local economy will all be the norms of EPAL. Country, creating virtual businesses.
P.EPA.L will continue to exist and act as cells of innovation, integrating into their daily lives and creating more practices that will gradually be established for all P.EPA.L.

• Laboratory centers have been strengthened with modern equipment at a cost of 114 million euros.

The Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports in his speech, Kiriakos Pierrakakis It was said inter alia:

“The current reform effort by the government and the Ministry of Education is the first of many to follow, but I think it has a special symbolic value to start with vocational education and training, because that's where we want to give an additional center. of gravity. We believe there is a very important opportunity for the country. An opportunity for us to take advantage of.” And we are trying to achieve that further with this law. Overall, the context of the reform that needs to be done in education should touch everything. That is why we want to put a very strong emphasis on vocational education and training through the draft law that we are submitting today. But this is not only the draft law.

The 2020 Act includes many innovations and we are currently developing more. Here I would like to mention and underline a philosophical dimension, laws are alive for us and we do not hesitate to improve them continuously. I would say that if any engineer does not continuously improve his creation, the creation will not even answer the original problem he wanted to solve over time.

We strive to instill this culture in everything we do, honestly.

So, in this context, using these provisions of the law, the developments are also reflected in the numbers. Let me mention here that as far as EPAL is concerned the participation in 2018 was around 28% and now it is somewhere around 33.5%. This is a positive change. This change is visible and reflected.

But obviously we can't stop there. Because if any of you are rightfully asking, “What is the relevant percentage in the EU?” We would all be correct that it is between 48% and 50%. So we have to make way. For us, this legislation will help cover part of this path. What we want to do is create and provide as many opportunities as possible with all the reforms we make at all levels of education. Opportunities for young Greek citizens, young Greek women.

This is the first step of many. We must hurry. We need to use all that has been done on our part in the last four years to make huge changes at all levels of education. And move the country. There will be dialogue and debate, take it for granted, and this is expected by the organizational parameters of counselling. But what is even more important is the pace, speed, reform direction and mindset for much bigger changes.

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