Seminar on innovation in VET
How to stimulate young people’s
interest in VET, the role of innovation in VET and the role of the teams of teachers
and tutors in this process – these and many other issues were discussed on July
3 at the Ministry of Education and Science during the seminar on innovation in
vocational education and training. The seminar was organized by the TTT4WBL
project partners Ministry of Education and Science and the National Centre for
Education in cooperation with the Association for Vocational Education.
“Vocational education has undergone a great
positive change in recent years, and we can really be proud of the work done on
improving school infrastructure, improving curriculum and developing work-based
learning. The prestige of vocational education is gradually improving, so we
have to work even more actively, to make young people proud of their choice to
study in these educational institutions, and to motivate teachers to cooperate
and work in an innovative way,” said Baiba Bašķere, deputy director of the
Department of Vocational and Adult Education when opening the seminar. The
TTT4WBL project was presented by Inta Baranovska, the project coordinator from
the National Centre for Education.
The seminar was attended by UNESCO Secretary
General of the Latvian National Commission Baiba Moļņika, representatives of
the largest vocational education institutions of each region, as well as representatives
from the Ministry of Education and Science, the National Centre for Education
and the National Agency for Development of Education. Among the participants in the seminar
was also J.L. Fernandez Maure from Centre for
Vocational Education, Innovation and Research (TKNIKA) in Spain who gave
a feedback on the TTT4WBL pedagogical approaches and related it to VET
developments and the role of trainer teams in the Basque country of Spain.
At the end of the seminar, participants participated in an idea bank, sharing their experiences and their vision on the importance of innovation in VET.
