An 25 Standorten bieten Höhere Fachschulen für Wirtschaft (HFW) den Bildungsgang "dipl. Betriebswirtschafter/in Höhere Fachschule (HF)" an. Dieser soll Individuen im kaufmännischen Bereich helfen, sich zu Generalisten mit Fach- und Führungsverantwortung zu qualifizieren. Der Bildungsgang...

Das Schweizer Berufsbildungssystem geniesst international hohes Ansehen. An den Berufsweltmeisterschaften belegen die jungen Berufsleute aus der Schweiz regelmässig Spitzenplätze. Doch wie hat sich in der Schweiz der soziale Status der Berufsbildung im Vergleich zum gymnasialen Weg entwickelt?...

The Swiss vocational education and training (VET) system is held in high regard by other countries. Young skilled workers from Switzerland consistently secure top marks at world skills competitions. But how has the social status of VET developed relative to that of baccalaureate schools? What...

Le système suisse de formation professionnelle jouit d'une renommée internationale. A l'occasion des championnats du monde des métiers, les jeunes professionnels suisses obtiennent toujours les meilleures places. Mais comment le statut social de la formation professionnelle a-t-il évolué en...

The KOF Youth Labour Market Index (KOF YLMI) is a multidimensional tool that allows analysing the situation on the labour market of young people aged 15 to 24 for 178 countries. The twelve indictors composing the index offer a more complete picture than the simple comparisons of for example the...

The ENSSURE project entails a component of introducing a Dual VET-Apprenticeship in Nepal. This new formal upper secondary education programme combines about one day of classroom education with about five days of workplace training each week for two years. While this project is in its pilot...

The ENSSURE project entails a component of introducing a Dual VET-Apprenticeship in Nepal. This new formal upper secondary education programme combines about one day of classroom education with about five days of workplace training each week for two years. While this project is in its pilot...

This paper analyses how the social status of vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerland has changed over time and how it differs across population groups. The applied measure for the social status of VET compares the cognitive abilities (measured by PISA scores) of prospective...