- With the participation of 17 students studying in the fields of automotive, furniture and electrical-electronic technologies that can be employed in the industry and service sector in the TR83 region for 3 weeks in Germany and Czechia. - Improving the internationalization, service delivery and vocational education quality of our school -Increasing the employment skills of students, improving their linguistic and transversal skills - Ensuring employment of the participants after the internship, reducing youth unemployment - Meeting the workforce needs of businesses and developing cooperation - We wanted to achieve the goals of contributing to the EU membership process through cultural interaction
Due to the incompatibility between the curriculum applied in our schools and the needs of the business world, it is frequently stated by sector representatives on various platforms that young people who graduate from vocational education do not have the knowledge, skills and competencies required by the sector. Questionnaires and focus group studies were conducted in our school, where teachers, parents, students and representatives of various sectors and institutions could express their opinions and contribute to identifying the problems. In this study, the problems and solutions of vocational education and businesses in TR 83 region, province-district are discussed. The issues of how vocational education should be given in line with the needs of businesses and what qualifications employers demand are discussed. As a result of the interviews, it has been determined that the students' success levels are low, the curriculum according to today's conditions, the lack of equipment and equipment parallel to the sector, the lack of coordination in school-business relations, the problems of students being employed outside their field and the ineffectiveness of skill training in enterprises.