ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Qualifications in Romania in the European context: learning outcomes, institutional roles and responsibilities Zoica Vladut- Deputy Director NCDTVET/ PIU

2 EUROPEAN CONTEXT Romania, as a Member State of the European Union, considering the Recommendation of the European Commission in 2008 on …….. :  develops a national qualifications framework (NQF);  clarifies the correlation of qualification levels in Romania with the reference level in the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) in the Europass documents;  uses an approach based on learning outcomes when defining and describing qualifications;  promotes and applies the quality assurance principles in vocational education and training;  promotes the validity of nonformal and informal learning;  designates a national center for the correlation of qualifications with the corresponding reference levels NQF and EQF. ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET

3 Level of qualification  Defining each level through a set of descriptors indicating the relevant learning outcomes for certifying the qualification (knowledge, competences expressed by means of autonomy and responsibility)  Correlating the current levels of qualification with the 8 reference levels in the EQF  Developing the national qualifications on levels, correlated with the European reference levels and introducing them in the National Qualifications Register ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET

4 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET ACHIEVEMENTS Nominating the NATB as NAQ - Memorandum signed by the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Education and approved by the Prime Minister on the 8 th of June 2004; Amendment of the legal functioning framework of NATB, so as to receive the NAQ statute – 7 th of December 2004; Conclusion of the Tripartite Agreement on the National Qualifications Framework – signed on the 23 rd of February 2005; Establishment of the sectoral committees – process started in February 2005 (23 committees established) Establishment of the National Agency for Qualification in Higher Education – 3 rd of November a2005 Solicitarea asistenţei Phare pentru dezvoltarea capacităţii instituţionale

5 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET NATB as National Authority for Qualifications : - ensures the methodological framework for defining qualifications - manages the National Qualifications Register - coordinates the activity of sectoral committees - coordinates the quality assurance process in CVT

6 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Vocational Vocational qualifications in TVET   Based on vocational training standards (VTS)   Described depending on learning outcomes   Elaborated in collaboration with social partners   Validated by the Sectoral Committees

ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET QUALIFICATION AND CURRICULUM DESIGN IN TVET VTS EDUCATION FRAMEWORK PLAN CURRICULUM Core courseDifferentiated curriculum LDC NCCAPE + NCDTVET NCCAPENCDTVE T School Employers Sector Committees

8 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET VTS VTS based on competence units/learning outcomes   Level of the vocational qualification   Titles of competence units   Credit values pertaining to each competence unit   Learning outcomes   Performance criteria   Clarifications on the applicability of performance criteria   Clarifications on assessment

9 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Structure of vocational qualifications in TVET DOMAIN ADOMAIN B Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 5Q 6 KEY COMPETENCE UNITS GENERAL TECHNICAL UNITS SPECIA LIZED TECH. UNITS

10 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET CURRICULUM   based on VTS   modular structure; one module corresponds to a VTS unit or learning outcomes in several competence units   relevant curriculum in local development at the local and regional level   teaching methodologies – student-oriented learning   methodologies adapted to students with CES   evaluation and certification based on VTS

11 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Novelties in the TVET curriculum (1) Novelties in the TVET curriculum (1)   G.D.no.866/ on the approval of nomenclatures of vocational qualifications for which training is provided in the pre-university education and throughout the schooling duration OMERI no. 3411/ on the approval of framework education plans for IXth grade, high school lower cycle, technological department, day and evening classes OMERI no. 3312/ on the approval of education plans for the specialty, practice and practical training stages in the curricular area of Technologies, the IXth grade of the technological high school for day and evening classes

12 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Novelties in the TVET curriculum (2) Novelties in the TVET curriculum (2) OMERI no. 3412/ on the approval of framework plans for the Xth grade School of Arts and Crafts, Xth grade high school lower cycle, technological department, direct qualification route, XIth grade, completion year, XIth/ XIIth and XIIth / XIIIth grades, high school higher cycle, technological department, day and evening classes OMERI no. 3423/ on the approval of education plans for the specialty culture, practice in the curriculum area Technologies, for XIth/XIIth grades and XIIth/XIIIth grade, high school higher cycle, technological department, day classes

13 ROMANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION UNIT Phare TVET Actions in the near future :   Finalising the curriculum for IXth grade, technological high school, for the 17 training domains   Approval of the curriculum from the National Specialty Commissions– 25 th -27 th of May 2009   Approval of the curriculum by order of the ministry of education, research and innovation

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