Statistics: Benchmarking Quality Assurance in Work-Based Learning (for Educational Institutions)

In this section you may find overall statistics of the data inserted by educational institutions, regarding apprenticeships and work-based learning, that can be filtered by country and by type of educational institutions. The section provides real-time information about what is going on in work-based learning and is a valuable support for policy planning.

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Educational Institution (secondary vocational education and training schools)
Educational Institution providing post-secondary vocational education and training
Educational Institution providing continuing vocational education and training

Section: Relation with system

Question: Our educational institution provides WBL that meets the requirements of the national qualification structure or the law of education.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	2	2%
Somewhat true	12	13%
Mostly true	18	20%
Completely true	55	62%

Question: Our educational institution has specific procedures, which help organizing the adaption of the provided WBL to the national legal framework.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	3	3%
Somewhat true	7	8%
Mostly true	18	20%
Completely true	59	66%

Question: Our WBL programme is certified by national or regional institutions.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	7	8%
Somewhat true	12	13%
Mostly true	8	9%
Completely true	59	66%

Question: Our WBL programme is part of a larger vocational educational programme that leads to formal qualification.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	3	3%
Somewhat true	7	8%
Mostly true	6	7%
Completely true	71	80%

Question: Our WBL programme is in accordance with a larger vocational educational programme.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	2	2%
Somewhat true	3	3%
Mostly true	22	25%
Completely true	60	67%

Section: Characteristics of WBL programme

Question: Required facilities for WBL are available in our educational institution.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	6	7%
Somewhat true	19	21%
Mostly true	30	34%
Completely true	32	36%

Question: Our WBL programme is clearly structured.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	2	2%
Somewhat true	12	13%
Mostly true	34	38%
Completely true	39	44%

Question: Theory is strongly related to practice in our WBL programme.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	2	2%
Somewhat true	13	15%
Mostly true	41	46%
Completely true	31	35%

Question: Students participating in our WBL programme have the possibility for mobility in our country.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	11	12%
Somewhat true	20	22%
Mostly true	19	21%
Completely true	37	42%

Question: Students participating in our WBL programme have the possibility for transnational mobility.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	16	18%
Somewhat true	20	22%
Mostly true	18	20%
Completely true	33	37%

Question: The content of WBL is relevant for the student’s current work in the company.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	3	3%
Somewhat true	7	8%
Mostly true	40	45%
Completely true	37	42%

Section: Focus on students

Question: Our WBL is in accordance with the students’ expectations.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	3	3%
Somewhat true	13	15%
Mostly true	57	64%
Completely true	15	17%

Question: The objectives of WBL are clear to our students.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	2	2%
Somewhat true	11	12%
Mostly true	43	48%
Completely true	32	36%

Question: Our WBL takes into account the students’ needs and attitudes.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	4	4%
Somewhat true	19	21%
Mostly true	41	46%
Completely true	24	27%

Question: The students have a reasonable workload for their WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	5	6%
Somewhat true	10	11%
Mostly true	43	48%
Completely true	30	34%

Question: The students receive feedback from their teachers on their WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	3	3%
Somewhat true	14	16%
Mostly true	40	45%
Completely true	31	35%

Question: Our educational institution offers equal opportunities in the access to our WBL programme.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	5	6%
Somewhat true	11	12%
Mostly true	31	35%
Completely true	41	46%

Section: Communication and agreements between partners

Question: National institutions or other relevant stakeholders in our country support our educational institution regarding WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	7	8%
Somewhat true	28	31%
Mostly true	25	28%
Completely true	28	31%

Question: We have an agreement between our educational institution and the companies on WBL, specifying the responsibilities of both parties.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	4	4%
Somewhat true	9	10%
Mostly true	14	16%
Completely true	61	69%

Question: We have an agreement between our educational institution and the student on the WBL programme.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	4	4%
Somewhat true	9	10%
Mostly true	17	19%
Completely true	58	65%

Question: Our teachers collaborate on WBL with the in-company trainers.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	7	8%
Somewhat true	10	11%
Mostly true	32	36%
Completely true	39	44%

Question: We communicate with companies on student achievements in WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	6	7%
Somewhat true	8	9%
Mostly true	41	46%
Completely true	33	37%

Question: We communicate results of WBL to stakeholders such as the Ministry, Chamber of Commerce etc.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	16	18%
Somewhat true	29	33%
Mostly true	20	22%
Completely true	23	26%

Section: Monitoring and assessment

Question: Our educational institution systematically monitors and evaluates our WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	5	6%
Somewhat true	13	15%
Mostly true	45	51%
Completely true	25	28%

Question: We monitor the retention and dropout rates of the students in our WBL programme.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	6	7%
Somewhat true	19	21%
Mostly true	27	30%
Completely true	36	40%

Question: Our educational institution monitors the work of our teachers in WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	6	7%
Somewhat true	11	12%
Mostly true	36	40%
Completely true	35	39%

Question: The progress of the students’ learning achievements in WBL is monitored by our educational institution.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	7	8%
Somewhat true	13	15%
Mostly true	33	37%
Completely true	35	39%

Question: We measure student’s satisfaction on WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	6	7%
Somewhat true	27	30%
Mostly true	30	34%
Completely true	25	28%

Question: The assessment of students’ learning achievements is strongly related to theory and practice in our WBL programme.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	4	4%
Somewhat true	14	16%
Mostly true	27	30%
Completely true	43	48%

Section: WBL teachers

Question: Our leaders take responsibility for WBL in our educational institution.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	4	4%
Somewhat true	12	13%
Mostly true	25	28%
Completely true	47	53%

Question: Our WBL teachers are supported by the leaders of our educational institution.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	3	3%
Somewhat true	4	4%
Mostly true	34	38%
Completely true	47	53%

Question: Our WBL teachers have completed initial training and continuing education for WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	6	7%
Somewhat true	13	15%
Mostly true	24	27%
Completely true	45	51%

Question: Our WBL teachers have a license/accreditation for carrying out WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	11	12%
Somewhat true	11	12%
Mostly true	20	22%
Completely true	46	52%

Question: Our WBL teachers have all required competences for WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	2	2%
Somewhat true	10	11%
Mostly true	32	36%
Completely true	44	49%

Question: Our WBL teachers are coaching and supervising the students.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	3	3%
Somewhat true	5	6%
Mostly true	32	36%
Completely true	48	54%

Section: Future perspectives in WBL

Question: Our WBL programme contains future needs of the labour market.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	2	2%
Somewhat true	22	25%
Mostly true	38	43%
Completely true	27	30%

Question: Our educational institution is innovative with regard to WBL.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	6	7%
Somewhat true	21	24%
Mostly true	34	38%
Completely true	28	31%

Question: Our educational institution continuously improves the WBL programme.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	4	4%
Somewhat true	9	10%
Mostly true	43	48%
Completely true	33	37%

Question: The content of WBL is relevant for the students’ future jobs.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	2	2%
Somewhat true	15	17%
Mostly true	35	39%
Completely true	37	42%

Question: Our educational institution promotes the excellence and attractiveness of our WBL programme for future students in public.

	COUNT	PERCENT
Not at all true	3	3%
Somewhat true	13	15%
Mostly true	35	39%
Completely true	38	43%

Total answer count : 89