If the state allocates a budget for training qualified workers ready to work in real conditions! then these funds should be spent effectively and create added value in the form of human capital development.
If universities continue to focus only on the formation of general competencies! this Swiss experience will lead to increased unemployment among graduates. A university graduate must acquire in-demand competencies that can be transformed into earning money and feeding a family.
Moreover the “New Ukrainian School” reform adds one year of study
which is supposed to form the general development that! for buy telemarketing data some reason! the university is supposed to be doing again. We have already taken away a whole year from children. Enough talk about general development!!!!!
A specific case from Germany. At meetings with employers! they frankly say that “your children know German better Swiss experience than we Germans! but your children cannot do anything practically! they have no professional competences.”
Most educational programs are approved by employers! businesses! professional associations! and unions. No one teaches knowledge! skills! or abilities that are not used in a specific industry.
Experience of Germany and Austria.
Dual education and cooperation with business
To reduce the qualification gap! training is combined with practical the issue of competition has always worried work at enterprises. In many countries! the dual education system allows students not only to gain knowledge! but also to develop skills that are already used in the workplace. In Ukraine! there are also successful cases of dual education! but this is more of an exception to the general practice. (Probably! some university administrations are also supporters of talking about the general development of the student:). Because it is easier this way! there is no need to demonstrate a specific result regarding real employment based on the results of training.
Looking to the future: strategic orientation of education to the needs of the lack data economy
It is obvious that universities and the labor market are interdependent. Universities cannot remain aloof from the demands of the economy! because in this case! interest in them will decrease among both students and employers. (We do not take into account the shameful practices during martial law).