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Šehović points out the advantages of dual education system

Damir Šehović

Vocational secondary schools shouldn’t be the second but the first choice. They should be attended by excellent students, winners at the knowledge competitions, said Damir Šehović, Minister of Education.

This school year and the dual education system sees 101 renowned employer and the in the forthcoming school year there will be around 150 interested employers.

„By the beginning of the school year, this number will be even higher. We have around 280 students in the dual education system this year, and the number of the new ones will be the same, which means that we’ll have not less than 500 students in the dual education system“, said Šehović.

The campaign of the Ministry dedicated to the enrollment in secondary vocational schools points out that only talented children should decide to attend it.

„We want to leave you with the message that the choice of the secondary school shouldn’t be influenced by the prejudices but rather based on detailed information“, said Šehović.

Beside new, contemporary educational systems in the area of professional education, the Ministry is focused now on the provision of the equipment for school cabinets.

„Finally, after you finish vocational school, you’re specialized at something and, therefore you have the possibility to find job or start some business. That’s why I think that a very difficult task is ahead of us – changing the awareness with the aim of making children become conscious that they are the only ones responsible for their own future and development of the entrepreneurship spirit. Once we realize that no matter what, our children are all very different and that it’s up to us to force them to develop these differences, I truly believe that all those issues we’re facing currently are soon going to be in the past“, said Šehović.

Speaking of the importance of craft in the 21st century, Šehović says that what we call „craft“ today is actually a profession of the third degree and just a small of the offer of vocational secondary schools.

„Advantages of dual education system are numerous and refer to students, employers and the country in general. Young people can find job more easily, employers show their social responsibility and have the opportunity to direct the employees according to their needs. Finally, the incompatibility of offer and demand and the workforce which has lasted for decades can easily be eliminated thanks tot he dual education system“, says Šehović.

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