Abstract
The purpose – of this article is to assess the vocational guidance situation and development opportunities in Lithuania. Research methodology – Systematic analysis of the peculiarities of vocational guidance; identification of the main problems and possibilities for vocational guidance through the development of a qualifications system based on the results of statistical analysis, expert assessment, data grouping and interpretation. Findings – Vocational guidance as an important subsystem of the educational system is being underemphasised and underfinanced, career counselling is pursued in a fragmentary manner, mainly through project-based initiatives which are not be based on systematic information. A way to improve vocational guidance is to organise it as an integrated information platform linked to the qualifications system. Research limitations – The main limitation is the lack of official statistics in vocational guidance. The systematic collection and publication of statistics would make it possible to quantify and analyse the factors of the current vocational guidance situation and their impact on the development of human resources. Practical implications – The obtained results are useful for social and economic and educational policy-making. Originality/Value – The article contributes to the scientific literature by presenting a model of vocational guidance development related to the development of the qualifications system, which would allow providing the necessary access to information.
Highlights
IntroductionGlobal economic challenges and domestic socio-economic development problems call for a review of country’s social and economic policies and, in addition to investments in stateof-the-art technologies to ensure productivity growth and competitive production, require
With the growing importance of the labour factor and the country losing the competitive battle for this factor in the global economy, Lithuania appears to be at risk of falling behind the world’s most developing countries
Its importance and potential for the development of the country’s human resources and for each individual can be compared to the GPS navigation system, a common attribute of modern life
Summary
Global economic challenges and domestic socio-economic development problems call for a review of country’s social and economic policies and, in addition to investments in stateof-the-art technologies to ensure productivity growth and competitive production, require. The purpose of this article is to assess the situation of vocational guidance in Lithuania and opportunities and measures for development To this end, it is hypothesised that the guidance system is either not functioning or ineffective, leading to problems in human resource development and efficiency of the educational system, as well as to structural mismatches between qualifications and labour market needs. During the search for development solutions, the author presents insights on the possible development of the vocational guidance system by synchronizing it with the development of the Lithuanian qualifications system – using the prepared vocational standards This idea (presented in graphical illustration) is a practically feasible model of integration of two information systems (qualifications and vocational guidance), which would allow the vocational guidance system to function effectively, at the lowest cost, i.e. organisation of vocational guidance as a subsystem of an integrated platform linked to the qualifications system, educational system and labour market. The obtained results are useful for social and economic and educational policy-making
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