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1. Vocational and Professional
Education and Training in
Switzerland
Seminar «the Swiss dual vocational and professional
education and training system»
Bratislava Wednesday, March, 27 2013
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Josef Widmer, General Director for Vocational and Professional

3. Outline
• Introduction
• Vocational education and training (VET)
• Professional education and training (PET)
• VET/PET Partners & VET/PET Funding
• Summary and Results

4. Legal Basis for VET/PET
VPETA: Federal Vocational & Professional
Education & Training Act
• revised in 2002
• came on force 2004

5. Outline
• Introduction
• Vocational education and training (VET)
• Professional education and training (PET)
• VET/PET Partners & VET/PET Funding
• Summary

6. Vocational education and training
Professional education and training Higher education
Job-related continuing education & training
Tertiary level
Federal PET PET Colleges Universities of Cantonal
examinations applied Universities /
Advanced Federal PET PET college degree sciences Federal institutes
Diploma
Federal VET Diploma of technology
Federal Specialised Baccalaureate
Upper-secondary level
Vocational Baccalaureate
Baccalaureate
Vocational education and training General education schools
Federal VET Federal VET Specialised Baccalau-
Certificate Diploma schools reate
(2 years) (3 or 4 years) schools
Bridge-year courses
Compulsory education
Direct access Additional qualifications or work experience required

7. Dual-track VET approach:
Connecting practice and theory
practice theory
company vocational school
3 – 4 days per week 1 – 2 days per week
Federal VET Certificate (2 years)
or
Federal VET Diploma (3 or 4 years)

8. Apprenticeship market (August, 31 2012)
Supply
Year 2011
93’500
92’000 Demand
96‘500 Year 2011
90’000

9. The 20 most popular occupations
Number of newly enrolled VET students in 2010

10. Attractiveness of VET
Outcome of apprenticeship recruitement process by year
Source: Education Report Switzerland 2010, p. 150

11. Outline
• Introduction
• Vocational education and training (VET)
• Professional education and training (PET)
• VET/PET Partners and VET/PET Funding
• Summary

12. Professional education and training
Professional education and training Higher education
Job-related continuing education & training
Tertiary level
Federal PET PET Colleges Universities of Cantonal
examinations applied Universities /
Advanced Federal PET PET college degree sciences Federal institutes
Diploma
Federal VET Diploma of technology
Federal Specialised Baccalaureate
Upper-secondary level
Vocational Baccalaureate
Baccalaureate
Vocational education and training General education schools
Federal VET Federal VET Specialised Baccalau-
Certificate Diploma schools reate
(2 years) (3 or 4 years) schools
Bridge-year courses
Compulsory education
Direct access Additional qualifications or work experience required

13. Private, fiscal and social returns on
education (men)
Benefits derived from a higher level of education compared to
the next-lowest level of education
Source: Education Report Switzerland 2010: 284
Quelle: Bildungsbericht Schweiz I 2010, S. 286

14. Outline
• Introduction
• Vocational education and training (VET)
• Professional education and training (PET)
• VET/PET Partners & VET/PET Funding
• Summary

15. One mission – Three partners
VET: Schools +
Confederation
SFIVET PET Colleges
Confederation: 26 Cantons
SEFRI Implementation &
Strategic management supervision
and development VET qualification
procedures
Professional organisations
Training content VET & PET Companies
PET qualifications procedures VET Apprenticeships &
PET Traineeships

16. Swiss VET/PET Funding
Public funding
(2010: CHF 3.4 billion)
Confederation: approx. ¼
Cantons: approx. ¾
Inputs from Economy
(Professional organisations, companies)
Groundwork (e.g. definition of training content)
Around 30-40% of Swiss companies offer VET apprenticeships

17. Cost/benefit ratio for Swiss companies
offering VET apprenticeships in million
Swiss Francs(2009)
6000 474
Net benefit
5000
4000 Productive
output by
3000 5350 5824 apprentices
Gross costs
2000
1000
0
Quelle: Wolter & Strupler 2012

18. Averaged net-benefit companies per
apprentice in CHF (2009)
Vocational Vocational
Education Education
and Training and Training
3 Years 4 Years
Gross costs 86‘415 115‘670
Productive output 95‘128 124‘057
generated by apprentice
Net-benefit for the company 8‘713 8‘387
offering apprenticeship-
positions
Quelle: Wolter & Strupler 2012

19. Outline
• Introduction
• Vocational education and training (VET)
• Professional education and training (PET)
• VET/PET Partners & VET/PET Funding
• Summary and Results

20. Summary and Results
Strenghts of the Swiss VET/PET System
Full integration in the Swiss education system
→ Permeability
Labour-market orientation
→ Dual-track approach to learning
→ Important role of professional organisations
Based on cooperation between Confederation, Cantons
and Professional Organisations
Results
Low unemployment rate
High levels of competitiveness and innovation

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15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Switzerland
Netherlands
Japan
Austria
Germany
Norway
Korea
Mexico
Australia
Israel
Canada
Denmark
Iceland
Russian Federation
Slovenia
OECD countries
% age group 25-64
Luxembourg
New Zealand
United States
Chile
Czech Republic
Turkey
Belgium
Low (youth) unemployment
Finland
United Kingdom
Estonia
France
Sweden
Poland
Hungary
% of age group 15-24
Italy
Portugal
Ireland
Slovak Republic
Greece
Spain
Source: OECD / March, 22 2013

22. Competitiveness and innovation
Rank WEF Global IMD World European
Competitiveness Competitiveness Innovation
Index Scoreboard Scoreboard
2012-2013 2012 2011
1 Switzerland Hong Kong Switzerland
2 Singapore USA Sweden
3 Finland Switzerland Denmark
4 Sweden Singapore Germany
5 Netherland Sweden Finland

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24. Switzerland = EFTA member (non-EU)
Population: 8 million
French German Italian Rumantsch
20.4% 63.7% 6.5% 0.5%
Other
9%

25. Precautions taken to prevent early dropout
of VET Programs:
Mentoring
• Additional support with choice of occupations during compulsary
schooling.
Bridge-Years
• Offers for young people with difficulties in transitioning between
compulsary school (secondary level I) and vocational education and
training (upper secondary level II).
Federal VET Certificates (2-year education)
• Vocational education and training programs that are intended for
students who are mainly practically talented.
Case-Management
• Integration of young people with multiple problems into VET-programs.

26. Validation-procedures and competences
(vocational education and training)
Information und Counceling
Validation at the designated authority of the canton of domicile
Evaluation
Identification and analysis of individual and vocational skills (decision-making
and responsibility) as well as general education; documentation in the dossier
of validation
Assessment
Expert team opinion on the dossier of validation
(adult compatible approach)
Validation
Institution of validation decision upon the expert opinion
Certification
Certification based on structures and responsibilities in the field of vocational
education and training (federal diploma/certificate issued by cantonal
authority)

27. Development of an ordinance in
vocational education and training
Professional Confede- Cantons
Organisations ration: SERI
Requests the Issues VET Guide and
issuance of a VET ordinances support the entire
ordinance reform process
Main tasks: Guides the entire Responsible for
• Operational reform process: introducing and
project • Strategic project implementing VET
management planning ordinances
• Elaboration of • Governmental
content tasks