1. 1 Overview of the Education System in Estonia Kersti Raudsepp VET Observation Centre Foundation Innove

2. 2 Structure of formal education and graduation documents in Estonia in 2008

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4. 4 VET students In the fall of 2009, 12 609 new students began their studies: Post secondary VET (4B), Upper-secondary VET (3B), VET without upper secondary general education (2B), VET without basic education requirement (2C)

5. 5 Increase of admission 2006-2009 For the first time in 4 years, the admission of students increased in post-basic education. (After basic school, after secondary school)

6. 6 Admission after basic school- change in age in 2006 vs 2009

7. 7 Previous education of applicants to VET after Basic school (2009 graduates of gen education, 2009 dropouts of gen education, 2009 VET dropouts, etc.. )

8. 8 Admission to VET after secondary school- change in the age of applicants 2006 vs 2009

9. 9 Previous education of applicants after secondary school (2009 gen ed graduates, dropouts from higher education 1998-2009, 2009 VET graduates, previous graduates from gen ed, previous graduates from VET, etc)

10. 10 The involvement on labour market for VET graduates 6 months after graduation

11. 11 2008/09 graduates (works in the field studied or related field, works in a different field, works and studies on, went to study on, unemployed or doesn’t work for other reasons, drafted to military or staying home with child, data missing)

12. 12 Change 2007-2009 (works in the field studied or related field, works in a different field, works and studies on, went to study on, unemployed or doesn’t work for other reasons, drafted to military or staying home with child, data missing)

13. 13 Curriculum groups where involvement has decreased the most (environmental protection, electrotechnics and energetics, householding and services, material processing, Construction and civil engineering)

14. 14 The change in numbers in HE, state budget study places (dark green), outside of state budget (lighter green) and the proportion of academic education (blue). in 1996/97 – 2009/10

15. 15 Number of students and their proportion in HE (applied HE, BA, integrated, MA, residents, Doc studies)

16. 16 Demographic situation 16-30 y olds (base year is 2008)

17. 17 The age of students in HE

18. 18 Admission to HE

19. 19 Graduation from HE

20. 20 Foreign students according to EHIS (Estonian Education Information System) Õppekava järgne õpe Number of students 2005/062006/072007/082008/092009/10 501 MD, dentist 126258 502 integrated study (chemist, veterinarian etc.) 66 503 integrated study 149177201233 511 BA studies 380504555522492 512 BA studies 63191 513 applied HE and Univ diploma studies 3 514 applied HE studies 2541626551 523 professional HE 1 612 MA studies, Research master 2211521 613 MA studies, vocational master 66 614 MA studies (3+2) 125120145203279 633 1-a. teacher training, internship 11 1 732 doctoral studies 37352218 734 doctoral studies 17335767130 Total 872944103210791204

21. 21 Further Information Overview of Estonian Education System with Explanations http://www.hm.ee/kogumik2009/en/5.htmlhttp://www.hm.ee/kogumik2009/en/5.html Tiina.Annus@hm.ee www.innove.ee/refernet Estonian VET system overviews (Country Reports) and Policy Developmentwww.innove.ee/refernet http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Information-services/b rowse-national-vet-systems.aspx - National VET systems in EU (Refernet contributions)http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Information-services/b rowse-national-vet-systems.aspx