Percentage of firms employing more than 10 people providing work-based learning opportunities to learners enrolled in upper secondary VET, 2015

Abstract

Bulgaria has implemented significant reforms in its vocational education and training (VET) system over the past decade. Changes have been introduced to diversify VET provision and to make it more responsive to employer demand. Despite these efforts, Bulgaria still faces important challenges in ensuring that greater numbers of learners successfully complete vocational education programmes that are relevant to labour market needs across the country. This focused OECD review of the governance and funding of VET assesses strengths and challenges of VET provision in Bulgaria and suggests policy recommendations on how to address them. With Bulgaria engaged in an ongoing reform programme, this report aims to complement work undertaken by national authorities by drawing on international evidence. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the study and the OECD's approach to VET reviews. It further provides a snapshot of the Bulgarian VET system and presents key data, before assessing strengths of the system and summarising the challenges identified in the report.