Getting Out of School and into the Workplace: Strengthening Work-Based Learning in Upper Secondary Technical Education in Poland's Swietokrzyskie Region

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Recent developments and challenges of the introduction of dual training for SMEs in countries around the Baltic Sea Region with a special emphasis on Lithuania

“…69% of Polish VET schools are having recruitment problems (Lis & Miazga, 2014) and the VET teaching workforce is insufficiently engaged in professional development activities (OECD, 2019b). Since 2015, Poland's educational system for VET allows and encourages WBL by even offering a financial compensation for employers that make use of this system, but it is still hardly implemented (Hoftijzer et al, 2018b).…”