1. LITHUANIA: Research for profiling teachers and students
Leonardo da Vinci partnership project
SOS: Strengthening the Orientation from School to job
LITHUANIA: Research for profiling teachers and students
4th partnership meeting
Gerace, Italy
6th - 10th December, 2011
7/27/2019
Global Ideas, plc. Vytauto pr. 27 Kaunas, LT Lithuania. Phone:

2. What was done Two target groups: Students Teachers
From two Vilnius vocational schools:
Vilnius Technology and Business Vocational Training Centre
Vilnius Vocational Training Centre for Service Specialists

3. Vocational Information Point (VIP)
Network of VIPs throughout all country
Need accreditation
Provide career guidance and councelling as well as vocational information for:
Pupil, VET students
Teachers / trainers
Parents of pupil / VET students
Unemployed
People willing to re-train or raise their qualifications

4. A little bit of statistics…
Lithuanian statistics
Vocational Schools 78
Students
49 439
Female students
18 822
Male students
30 617
Learners in Vilnius
Vocational Schools 10
Students
6 542
Teachers in Lithuania
2009
Number of vocational teachers
3 900
With university degree
80 %
With college degree
16 %
With high school education
4 %

5. How it was done Schools chosen and questionnaires discussed;
The questionnaires translated into Lithuanian language;
Distribution of questionnaires and data collection from schools:
Teachers – 80
Students - 616
Summing up the results and data analysis, comparison analysis.
7/27/2019
Global Ideas, plc. Vytauto pr. 27 Kaunas, LT Lithuania. Phone:

6. Profiling students

7. Respondents Students from schools with and without VIP
Responded students
Students from schools with and without VIP

8. Respondents by gender

9. Respondents by age

10. Respondents by residence

11. Number of respondents’ sisters/brothers

12. Information about respondents’ fathers
Father’s qualification
Father’s work statue

13. Information about respondents’ mothers
Mother’s qualification
Mother’s work statue

14. 1.I use Internet at home.

15. 2.I can speak and write English/other foreign language.

16. 3.I am interested about learning the subjects related to my field.

17. 4.I can find a solution in difficult situations.

18. 5.I take part in cultural and social activities.

19. 6.I like being a member of a team and team work.

20. 7.I visited some enterprises related to my field during my education at school.

21. 8.I think education programmes at school and needs of enterprises cover each other.

22. 9.I had already had some information about my rights in enterprises before going to enterprises (such as insurance and salary).

23. 10.I appreciate the behaviour and teaching methods of the responsible experts in enterprises.

24. 11.New developments and changings are followed at my school.

25. 12. Where would you like to have your enterprise training?

26. 13. Is there a responsible group who works for the orientation from school to job?

27. 14. What kind of counselling would be useful for you for the orientation from school to job?

28. 15. What are the most common problems you face to in Enterprises?

29. Profiling teachers

30. Respondents Responded Teachers
Teachers from schools with and without VIP

31. Respondents by gender

32. Respondents’ education/qualification

33. Work experience

34. 1.I have enough information about career orientation and guidance

35. 2.Level of my computing knowledge

36. 3.I use information technology while preparing and giving my lessons

37. 4.New developments and changings are followed at my school/institute

38. 5.I think workshops, equipments and materials at my school/institute are enough to prepare the students for the labour market

39. 6.I update my technical knowledge and teaching methods to be more useful for my students and to answer the needs of enterprises/labour market

40. 7.Before my students start their internships in enterprises/practical training places, as a VET teacher I give some information to my students about: their rights and duties, professional ethics and their responsibilities.

41. 8.I make some discussions with my students on their problems related to their field of study.

42. 9.Finding qualified practical training places to improve students’ skills, competences is difficult.

43. 10.I know what the labour market expects from VET students

44. 11.I think education programmes at school and the needs of enterprises/practical training places cover each other.

45. 12. How are the enterprises/practical training places found for students’ practical training?

46. 13. Why do you think the enterprises/practical training places take the students to practical training?

47. 14. How often have the coordinator teachers/responsible teachers to visit their students at practical training places.

48. 15. How do you think a teacher can improve his/her professional knowledge and skills?

49. 16. What kind of counselling would be more useful for students for the orientation from school to job?

50. Thank you for attention!