Improving Quality Assurance in European Vocational Education and Training: Factors Influencing the Use of Quality Assurance Findings

In its current shape senior secondary vocational education has existed since 1996. Before that date, two types of senior secondary education co-existed: the apprenticeship system and senior secondary vocational education organised in schools. The apprenticeship system offered professional training c…

In Germany, VET is mainly organised according to the 'Dual System', meshing theoretical education at school and practical instruction at the workplace. Dual apprenticeships in Germany exist in nearly all branches of the economy including the professions and parts of the civil service. Every year, ab…