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Entry 10 – Building Permeability: Modern Reforms in Switzerland
The Swiss system of vocational education and training (VET) is famous for its effectiveness and permeability. Switzerland enjoys low youth unemployment, global competitiveness, and innovation. While VET isn’t the only factor at play, Swiss business leaders and politicians point to the strong VET system in Switzerland as a contributing factor again and again. How did the Swiss system get to where it is today? CEMETS is a reform lab, so let’s talk about reforms at home.
Swiss SME Newspaper published an article on the CEMETS Summer Institute 2016
The newspaper of the Swiss SMEs' association - in its regional section for the Canton of Basel-Land - published an article on the CEMETS Summer Institute 2016. In this article, they mainly write about Anja Grönvold's presentation at the Summer Institute and put it into context. Grönvold is Deputy Head of Vocational Training and Professional Development of the Chamber of Commerce of Basel-Land.
National Education Plan for Chile with Six Priorities for VET
The Chilean non-profit organization Educación 2020, which was represented on the 2017 CEMETS Summer Institute team from Chile, published a National Education Plan for their country. The Plan contains six priorities for VET among 24 further priorities regarding other aspects and parts of the Chilean education system. The proposed VET priorities reveal inspiration by the Swiss system.