1. SIOV’s Sections and Departments Director Institutional CouncilNational Observatory Training Firms Department Youth Creativity Department International Cooperation Department Economics & Personnel Department Secretary Research & Career Counseling Department In-service Teacher Training Department Educational Programs Department Director’s Section Education and Policy Section International Cooperation & Youth Creativity Section

2. VET schooling in Slovakia (before versus now) High level of schooling Each school was connected with industrial sector Everyone had to be employed, everything free of charge, also after school activities for young people Production system destroyed, as well as tights between schools and factories Companies are not able to say what do they need from schooling in order to be competitive at European level But we trust our people. Some schools are doing their best (are active in looking for their own ways how to survive) As for educational system, I believe that the best kind of vocational education is a proper academic education (math, physics, chemistry, languages, ICT,... ), gained at secondary schools, followed by technical and vocational programmes which are built on regional stakeholders/companies´ needs

3. School°s competitions 23rd year of ZENIT in Programming 23rd year of ZENIT in Electronics 8th year of ZENIT in Machinery 29th year of SOČ (Secondary school free vocational activities) 15th year of YUVYR (exhibition of products and sevices of schools and competition of students What do these have in common? „Bottom up activities“ (school°s level, followed by district°s level, then regional°s level and a national°s level

4. JUVYR Celebrated it’s 14th year in the school year 2005/06 Is a school exhibition of products and services as well as competitions of secondary school students Is open to foreign participants

5. 2007 National competition SOČ winners 6355 participants from 357 schools 17 branches ( Informatics, Math & Physics, Chemistry & Food industry, Biology, Geo sciences, Health service, Agriculture & Wood and Water industry, Environment, Machinery & Heavy metal & Transport, Construction & Architecture, Electrical engineering & Electronics & Power engineering, Microprocessor, Computing and Telecommunication technology, History & Politics and Philosophy, Design of learning aids & Didactic techologies, Economics & Management, Theory of culture, art, art and fashion design, Pedagogy & Psychology & Sociology & Issues concerning free time utilization,

6. Skills for a strong Europe HELSINSKÉ KOMUNIKÉ o intenzívnejšej spolupráci európskych krajín pri odbornom vzdelávaní a príprave definuje … NOVÉ PRIORITY... rozvoj a zdôrazňovanie špičkovej úrovne zručností, napr. uplatňovaním ich celosvetovej klasifikácie alebo organizovaním súťaží zručností. Napríklad Európska súťaž zručností, ktorá sa má konať v Holandsku v roku 2008 http://www.euroskills2008.nl a svetová súťaž zručností, ktorá sa koná každé dva roky http://www.wsc2005helsinki.com/ V súvislosti s európskou prehliadkou zručnosti mladých ľudí participujúcich v systéme OVP Euroskills, ktorá sa uskutoční po prvýkrát v Rotterdame v septembri 2008, MŠ SR poveruje Štátny inštitút odborného vzdelávania aktívnou participáciou (vrátane prípravy účasti SR) na predmetnom projekte. Projekt Euroskills je podporovaný aj komisárom pre vzdelávanie Jánom Figeľom. V nadväznosti na uvedené Vás žiadam o zabezpečenie dôstojnej reprezentácie SR na podujatí Euroskills 2008.... a ÚLOHY... zlepšiť efektívnosť, kvalitu a príťažlivosť odborného vzdelávania a prípravy navrhuje... CESTY... investície do ľudského kapitálu a zručností celoživotné vzdelávanie príprava špičkových odborníkov