2023

High increase in the number of students at vocational education and training programmes that obtain an internship by the end of the basic programme

March 2023

According to the latest data from the Ministry of Children and Education, the share of students that by the end of the second part of the basic programme has entered an agreement with an employer about an internship has increased from 44 per cent in 2020 to 65 per cent in 2022.

In November 2020, the government and the social partners entered a tripartite agreement about more internships. The purpose of the agreement was to ensure that more students complete a vocational education and training programme. The intention is that early agreements about internships are to keep the students from dropping out by providing a more coherent education programme and thereby increase the likelihood of completion.

Among others, the tripartite agreement established two national objectives regarding agreements about internships:

1. By the 15^th week at the second part of the basic programme, 60 per cent of the students must have entered into agreements about an internship;
2. By the end of the basic programme, 80 per cent of the students must have entered into agreements about an internship.

There has been agreed on a model that gradually implements the objectives, in which it is determined from which calendar year the objectives apply to each individual education programme.

In 2022, 68 of the 98 education programmes fulfilled the objectives according to the model about gradually implementing the objectives. Thereby, the latest data indicate a positive development in the fulfilment of the objectives.

For more information (in Danish), please consult the website of the Ministry of Children and Education.

2022

There have been no reforms.

2021

There have been no reforms.