Today’s VET system is under mounting pressure. There are constant talks about students’ persistence and students’ success. However, early leaving from education and training remains a pressing issue in Europe with considerable costs for individuals and society, despite the success in bringing down the numbers of young people who drop out of their VET education. Dropout still affects one in ten young people and in some places even more than that with the VET sector still holding the highest dropout rates according to Cedefop.
TeSTED aims to tackle the dropouts in the VET sector through early detection and prevention. The TeSTED project aims are:
P.O.1. Foster innovation through a powerful mechanism in the VET environment for the early detection and prevention of dropouts due to socio-economic difficulties;
P.O.2. Capacity building of the VET trainers and staff on VET dropout and its social and labor market implications;
P.O.3. Transform the VET providers into a safety net for at-risk learners by offering consultation, and alternative pathways and securing their retention in, and graduation from, education and training.
P.O.4. Raise awareness about the dropout in VET and its social and labor market implications.
MEETINGS
Physical meetings
Kick-off meeting
Iasi, Romania
8 – 9 December 2022
The kick-off meeting was organized by the project coordinator, USLIP, from Iasi, Romania.
The official ceremony was opened by the President of USLIP, prof. Laviniu Lacusta, and manager of the project, prof. Angela Casariu, welcomed all participants and presented the importance of the TeSTED project.
Transnational Partners’s Meeting
Athens, Greece
21 – 22 July 2023
At the second transnational meeting, in Athens, in July 2023, the TeSTED partners analyzed the aspects that cause students to drop out of school and proposed solutions for the realization of the psychometric instrument, which will provide an initial screening of the psychological state of the students.
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