2026

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2025

The Vocational Education System according to the Dual Form

The dual vocational education system in Albania is an initiative that aims to connect theoretical learning in schools with work practice in companies, offering better employment opportunities for young people and addressing the needs of the labor market.

This model has begun to be implemented during the 2024-2025 school year, for 5 teaching profiles in 10 vocational high schools in Albania, in cooperation with over 100 companies in 6 regions of the country.

The dual system is now being offered in 8 municipalities from 6 that was a year ago, where for the first time with the municipalities of Berat and Korçë.

Instruction no. 1090, dated 12.12.2024 “On the procedures for planning and implementing vocational education and training in the dual form”

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2024

National Employment and Skills Strategy 2023–2030

The National Employment and Skills Strategy 2023–2030 is an important part of Albania's long-term strategic framework defined by the National Strategy for Development and European Integration 2030 (NSDEI 2030) which provides directions and defines the priorities for the sustainable economic and social development of the country on the path of its integration into the European Union, including the linkage with the Sustainable Development Goals in order to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda by defining the vision for the development of democracy, social and economic development of the country during the period 2021–2030.
The implementation of the National Employment and Skills Strategy 2023–2030 is equally closely linked to the country's development priorities defined in the NSDEI 2030 and included in its second pillar, "Agenda for Sustainable Economic Development, Connectivity and Green Growth". Connectivity, the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, as part of the European Union's Economic and Investment Plan for these countries, including Albania, are at the heart of the second pillar of the NSZHEI 2030. Together with the long-term priorities identified for the country in the NSZHEI 2030 – tourism, energy, agriculture and digitalization, they also constitute the clearest direction for the orientation of demand and preparation of supply in the Albanian labor market for the period up to 2030. The main challenges of Albania 2030, identified in the NSZHEI 2030 with the need for green transition, digital transformation, demographic developments, and the necessity of increasing productivity towards a more competitive economy in the open market of the region and beyond, are reflected in the approach that this strategy brings to employment and skills development.

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60 percent of those enrolled in VET education already employed. 

60 percent of students enrolled in VET related education are employed before they finish their school education. Although the number of those enrolled has fallen as a result of demographic changes, the share of students that are employed before they finish their education by businesses due to high demand in skilled personnel has increased. Over 60 percent of students enrolled in a certain subject are employed after completing their study within the subject they are specialized.