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Engaging Youth in Tourism

2023-1-PT01-KA122-VET-0001451792023Short-term projects for mobility of learners and staff in vocational education and training finalized
Countries: PT · Grant: €38,306
Preventing early school leaving and failure in educationEqual access and transition to labour marketCooperation between educational institutions and business

Objectives

We are trying to achieve a number of goals: improve the quality of learning, make the course more attractive, diversify the training on offer, reduce school dropout and absenteeism, provide appropriate responses to the demands of the area in which we operate and promote the internationalisation of the school. This internationalisation will also have a positive impact on the educational practices used because by resorting to transnational cooperation we can adapt the curricula to the demands of

Background

The focus on VET is the result of student needs, requests from the local community and diversifying the school's training offer. The reasons are that it is a good solution for technical and practical learning and because it is an effective strategy for boosting employability and preventing school drop-outs. Training in an international work context has enabled the enrichment of technical, linguistic, interpersonal and organisational skills relevant to the learners' performance profile.

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