Apprenticeship training in Finland the basic characteristics and quality management strategies.doc

Apprenticeship training in Finland the basic characteristics and quality management strategies Abstract: The apprenticeship training is a traditional form of vocational education. The 20th century, 90 years, the economic downturn, factors such as employment difficulties faced by the Finnish government to promote new awareness and promote apprenticeship training and development, the continued support of legislation to strengthen the apprenticeship system of training, status and role. Apprenticeship training in Finland, the main features were as follows: the implementation of direct funding by the government and enterprises constitute a financial allocation of indirect funding mechanisms; use ‘Finnish Quality Award’ and ‘European Quality Award’ as the standard of quality management mechanism. Keywords: Finland; apprenticeship training; financial allocations; Quality Management The current education system in Finland, the second level (general secondary schools and vocational schools) and tertiary (universities and polytechnics), the vocational education and training are an integral part of. Vocational education and training as a form of apprenticeship training in Finland (ApprenticeshiP’s TraininS) has a long history. As early as 1923, the Finnish government issued a ‘Apprenticeship Training Act’ (Act on Apprenticeship’s Training), the apprenticeship system of training had already established its own legal status. 1, Finland apprenticeship training, development context Finland is a Nordic only 500 million people, a small country, its electronic, optical equipment, pulp, paper and other major export products are mostly exported to the former Soviet Union and other neighboring countries. However, with the main trade-exporting countries - the former Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991, as well as the West’s economic recession, Finland’s economy has fallen into a loss and depression. This has forced the Finnish government to re-locate the direction of industrial develo