This is the new Vocational Training prepared by the Government: Social Security, centers of excellence and virtual reality in the classroom

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The Government is preparing a change in

that includes the creation of a national network of 50 centers of excellence that will carry out applied research, as in universities, and will apply immersive learning methodologies, such as virtual reality.

For the first time, students will contribute to

, will have a contract with companies and their training time will count for their working life.

The

of Pilar Alegría is finalizing, in collaboration with the CCAA and the agents of the productive fabric, the drafting of two royal decrees that develop the Organic Law of FP that was approved in March.

The idea is that by the end of the year the drafts will be ready so that they can begin to be applied from the

One of them regulates the organization of the new system and the other will unify the records.

The objective is for more students to take this modality (now almost

of young people are enrolled, compared to

in the OECD) to curb the high youth unemployment (

) and improve the qualifications of adults.

«We are building a modern and constantly updated training, up to the needs of

.

We work connected with the most cutting-edge companies in the productive sectors, both traditional and emerging.

, general secretary of FP of the Ministry of Education

, tells EL MUNDO .

These are the main changes:

Two classrooms, one system

Until now there was a Dual FP, very minority, with up to a third of training in companies.

Now two modalities are created.

The first is general VT, which includes between

and

of internships in companies.

Students will contribute to Social Security and the Government will subsidize up to

of the contribution.

Your work will count towards your work life.

The second is intensive VET, with internships that can last more than

of the schedule and that includes a training contract.

The work is conceived in two classrooms -the center and the company- where the students will be supervised and will be evaluated by two tutors.

Sanz says that there will be “more flexibility”, so that the time that the student has to be in the company or in the center “will be decided based on what she needs to master the learning results”.

These learning outcomes - for example, whether the learner knows how to fix a car or fit a screw properly - are measurable and objective.

"In FP one is either a good professional or he isn't: there is no option for subjectivity," says Sanz.

The best

The Government is going to set up a national network of

centers of excellence (taboo word for left in school).

Similar to the European CoVE network, where each country presents the best, those who meet "quality criteria" will be chosen.

According to the 2022 call, they must be in a "process of digital and methodological transformation", "collaborate in the detection of new needs", promote "internationalization, entrepreneurship, innovation, applied research and the incorporation of disruptive technology", such as the use of virtual reality or augmented reality in the classroom.

They will train other centers -also from other Autonomous Communities- and help to update the curricula.

They will function as small research centers and what is discovered will be put into practice.

One requirement is that they “generate knowledge transfer”, like universities.

In return,

100% employability

The Government has designed new titles with "100% employability": Drones,

, Hybrid Vehicles, Cell Cultures, Logistics, Big Data, Cybersecurity, 5-G Networks...

intermodular project

All the students of all the training cycles will have to do the so-called intermodular project, "a complete change in the way of working", according to Sanz, which supposes that the student carries out a job in which all the subjects are mixed -in VT they call modules - about something real that you will face when you are in a company.

"It is not about taking the modules one by one, but about relating them to each other."

It is called learning based on challenges, but with a solid base of knowledge.

Sanz: «No project will be well done if previous conceptual content is dispensed with».

Evaluation

The new law establishes "the obligation to have a system evaluation mechanism."

For the first time, the General State Administration is obliged to prepare a biennial report that it will have to publish.

In it there will be results that the Autonomous Communities must provide, as well as "random evaluations entrusted to independent bodies."

This is unthinkable in basic education.

One of the most interesting things is that, every four years, a study will be carried out on the employability of degrees and the human capital needs of the public and private sectors.

Training-employment history

One of the royal decrees contemplates unifying the content of all the catalogs and records of the offer so that the student can accredit a unified training-employment resume.

«Any person, regardless of their training, will be able to accredit their skills and all the records will be connected.

He no longer has to go around with many different certificates.

Simply by pressing a button, it will be his entire formative life », says Sanz.

Brake to "chiringuitos"

By unifying the records, the student will be able to more easily detect those centers that carry out “misleading advertising” or are “beach bars”.

It will be clear if they are studies that lead to a degree or, on the contrary, prepare the students but then they have to enroll in a free test to get the degree, which leads to confusion.

More seats

210,000.

More than a million students study VET.

The Government has financed the creation of

new places before 2023, but admits that they are not enough.

"We are assessing the possibility of financing more," says Sanz.

Private.

«VET had never had a relevant volume of private centers because there was no market niche.

Now the social perception has changed.

We respect private centers, but the Government has to guarantee first that there are public places », she adds.

Companies.

“Public-private collaboration is essential for us.

We design the titles in collaboration with the most advanced companies, who tell us what they need.

Training responds to what the sector needs.

The challenge is to reach SMEs”, indicates the head of the Ministry of Education.

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