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QA in Swedish IVET and WBL

EQAVET PLA, Göteborg March 27, 2019

Hans Almgren, The Swedish National Agency for Education

IVET in Sweden

Education forms Number of years ISCED level SeQF - EQF level Compulsory school 9 1 and 2 2 Upper secondary school 3 3 4 Municipal adult education varying 3 Higher vocational education 1/2 - 3 4 and 5B 5-6 University and university colleges 2 – 6 5A and 6 6-8

Goal steered system with a high degree of local responsibility.

• Legislative function: Centralised

The Swedish Riksdag (Parliament) and the government draw up the

• verall national goals.
• Supportive function: The National

Agency for Education

• perationalizes the legislation.
• Provision: Decentralised.

Municipalities and the organisers of independent schools.

• Control function: Schools

Inspectorate (state agency) monitors.

Upper secondary education

• All students who have completed compulsory schooling are offered upper

secondary education by their home municipality.

• This right applies to students up to the age of 20.
• IVET is available in Adult Education for students over the age of 20.
• Free of charge and voluntary.
• 18 programmes, out of which 12 are IVET-programmes.

Vocational programmes/ Apprenticeship education

• Child and Recreation
• Building and Construction
• Electricity and Energy
• Vehicle and Transport
• Business and Administration
• Handicraft
• Hotel and Tourism
• Industrial technology
• Natural Resource Use
• Restaurant Management and Food
• HVAC and Property Management
• Health and Social Care

Higher education preparatory programmes

• Business Management and Economics
• Arts
• Humanities
• Natural Science
• Social Science
• Technology

Programme stucture

Higher education preparatory programmes Vocational programmes Admission requirements: Passing grades in 12 subjects. Admission requirements: Passing grades in 8 subjects. 2500 points 2500 points 2500 points School based VET Apprentice based VET

• 3 years
• 2180 hours
• 3 years
• 2430 hours
• Minimum 15 weeks of

work-based learning (345 hours)

• 3 years
• 2430 hours
• Minimum 50% work-

based learning (1215 hours)

• Provide eligibility to

tertiary education.

• Provide basic eligibility to tertiary education if

students choose some elective courses.

Foundation subjects

Common for all upper secondary programmes:

• Swedish or Swedish as second language
• English
• Mathematics
• Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences (Civics, Religion and History)
• Physical education and health

Programme stucture

Vocational programme: Industrial technology Higher Education preparatory programme: Technology Foundation subjects 600 points 1100 points Programme specific subjects 400 points 400 points Orientation 300-400 points 300 points Programme specialisations 800-900 points 400 points Individual options 200 points 200 points Diploma project 100 points 100 points

Programme stucture

Vocational programme: Industrial technology Higher Education preparatory programme: Technology Foundation subjects 600 points 1100 points Programme specific subjects 400 points 400 points Orientation 300-400 points 300 points Programme specialisations 800-900 points 400 points Individual options 200 points 200 points Diploma project 100 points 100 points

Programme stucture

Vocational programme: Industrial technology Higher Education preparatory programme: Technology Foundation subjects 600 points 1100 points Programme specific subjects 400 points 400 points Orientation 300-400 points 300 points Programme specialisations 800-900 points 400 points Individual options 200 points 200 points Diploma project 100 points 100 points Fourth vocational year 800 points EQF 5

Work-based learning

Work-based learning

• Develop an understanding the vocational culture, becoming

part of the vocational community, developing a vocational identity.

• WBL is steered by the subject syllabuses = assessed, credit

driven.

• The school/teacher is responsible for assessing the learning.
• The school is responsible for provision of WBL.
• 12% of IVET learners are apprentices.

Role of the companies

• The company has to provide a trainer for the work placement.
• There are financial incentives for companies to take on

students for WBL

• Upper secondary apprentices can be employed and

remunerated.

Quality Assurance

Swedish model EQAVET model

Quality assurance

National state (Education Act)

• Systematic quality assurance is mandatory.
• Control function (Inspectorate).

Education Organiser

• Required to plan, evaluate and develop the education

it organises.

• Required to document the process.
• Reciever of complaints from individuals.

School (Head master)

• Required to plan, evaluate and develop the education.
• Teachers, students have to be involved.
• WBL is part of the curriculum and should be included

in the QA process.

Self assessment

• QA at provider level is mainly performed through self

assessment.

• The National Agency for Education (and other organisations)

provide tools and support.

e.g.

• NAE: https://www.skolverket.se/skolutveckling/nationella-

skolutvecklingsprogram#h-ProgramSystematisktkvalitetsarbete

• SALAR/LIKA: https://lika.skl.se/

Quantitative data (Statistics: e.g. average grades, completion rates, graduate tracking, vulnerable groups) Qualitative data (e.g. relevance of WBL; utilisation of acquired skills) Provider level Available, evalutated, inspected. Known to the provider? System level Available, evalutated. Anecdotal data. Schools Inspectorate: thematic quality reports.

Challenges

We do a lot of things right, …

• A lot of quantitative data at all

levels.

Challenges

We do a lot of things right, …

• A lot of quantitative data at all

levels. …but do we do the right things?

• Little knowledge of how e.g. WBL

is assessed.

• Little aggregerated knowledge of

qualitative data at national level.