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LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME TRANSFER OF INNOVATION MULTILATERAL PROJECTS, LEONARDO DA VINCI

LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME TRANSFER OF INNOVATION MULTILATERAL PROJECTS, LEONARDO DA VINCI “Attractive Vocational Guidance for Pupils”- “@VGP”. 2 nd Partner Meeting, 05-07 March 2009, Istanbul. Survey on the V ocational S chools in Sofia , Bulgaria. Survey methodology:

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LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME TRANSFER OF INNOVATION MULTILATERAL PROJECTS, LEONARDO DA VINCI

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  1. LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMME TRANSFER OF INNOVATION MULTILATERAL PROJECTS, LEONARDO DA VINCI “Attractive Vocational Guidance for Pupils”- “@VGP”

  2. 2nd Partner Meeting, 05-07 March 2009, Istanbul

  3. Surveyon the Vocational Schools in Sofia, Bulgaria Survey methodology: a questionnaire was worked outaiming atgathering information in several aspects. Based on them, we:

  4. made an overview of the existing vocational secondary schools • determined student interest in these vocational secondary schools • estimated the level of applicability of acquired knowledge and skills to professional realization after graduation • studied the trends of student interest in different professions

  5. Number of vocational secondary schools in Sofia - 62: 33 state and 29 private schools • Collected answers from 27 headmasters of state schools and 3 headmasters of private schools • The survey applies only for the state institutions - 82% of all state vocational secondary schools in Sofia

  6. Results based on the questions in the survey I. Student preferences more than one candidate competing for a single place - 17 schools (63%) less than or equal to one candidate competing for a single place - 6 schools (22.3%)

  7. II. The ratio between the number of admitted students and the number of graduated ones - having result 100% (with a margin of 2%) - 14 schools (51.9%) - below this rate- 11 schools (41.7%) - no information – 2 schools (7.4%) III. Postgraduate realization of students - 10 schools (37%) - more than or equal to 50%of their students work in the same field of their secondary school specialization - 9 schools (33.3%) - less than 50% work in the same field

  8. IV. Theory/practise ratio in the syllabus - 10 schools (37%) in which theoretical education is less represented than the practical skills - theory is more studied than practice in 17 schools (63%). V. Trainee programs (contracts with external companies) - 22 schools (81.5%) offer trainee programs - 5 schools donot have such programs

  9. Conclusions - vocational secondary schools ranked according to student preferability rate I. The 10 most popular schools • National High School of Finance and Business (NHSFB) (there are 15-20 candidates competing for one place) • Sofia High School in Construction, Architecture and Geodesy „Hristo Botev“ (about 15 candidates for one place) • Vocational Secondary School of Telecommunications (10 candidates for one place) • National Trade and Banking High School (6 candidates competing for one place) • Audio, Video and Telecommunications School „A. S. Popov“(5 candidates for one place) • Vocational High School for Tourism (4 candidates for one place) • State Vocational Secondary School for Tourism “Aleko Konstantinov” (Bankya, Sofia district) (3 candidates for one place) • Vocational High School of Electronics „John Atanasov“ (about 2-3 candidates for a single place) • Sofia High School of Bread and Confectionery Technologies (2 candidates competing for one place) • Vocational High School of Clothing and Design „Princess Maria Luisa“ (2 candidates for one place)

  10. The 10 most attractive professions with their relative specializations: • - economist / economy and management, customs and tax administration, economic information • - financier / banking, insurance • - construction worker / all subjects • - telecommunication systems specialist • - computer networks specialist • - restauranteur / catering, food manufacture and services in food and beverage establishments • - hotelier • - company manager / tourism management • - baking, bread and confectionery manufacture • - fashion design

  11. II. Schools with low popularity The first group: schools enjoying smaller popularity than the 10 aforementioned vocational secondary schools, but having morethan one candidates competing for a single place. These are: • Vocational High School for Lifting, Construction and Transportation Machines • Vocational High School for Construction and Energetics • Vocational High School of Railway Transport „Nikola Korchev“ • Vocational School for Food Technologies and Equipment • Vocational High School for Transport • Vocational High School in Hair-styling and Cosmetics • Vocational School of Transport „George McGahan“

  12. The second group:vocational secondary schools with an evident decrease in number of candidates: • Vocational High School of Ecology and Biotechnologies „Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov“ (although 80% of its graduates are admitted to higher education institutions) • Vocational High School for Agriculture „Buzema“ • Vocational High School for Woodworking • Vocational School of Transport and Energetics „Henry Ford“ • Vocational School of Textile and Leather Goods • Sofia Technical High School

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