EDUCATION AND MIGRATION IN POLAND: CUTBACKS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR POLAND'S MIGRATION PROBLEM
EDUCATION AND MIGRATION IN POLAND: CUTBACKS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR POLAND'S MIGRATION PROBLEM

Summary/Abstract: Since 1997, in anticipation of Poland's planned entry into the EU, the European Commission has assessed candidate countries' progress with regard to their adopting the acquis communautaire. In November 1998, the European Commission was already pointing out that significant further efforts are also required in the field ofvocational training. An examination of the development tendencies in the field of vocational training during the last few years allows the provocative conclusion thatthe Polish "further efforts" consisted of systematically lowering the share of vocational training in the education sector.The consequence of this marginalization of vocational education, and in particular basic vocational education, will be demonstrated via a comparison between the structure of labour demand and the corresponding supply.

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