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Development Plan 2009-2013



The Development Plan for the Estonian Vocational Education and Training System 2009-2013 was adopted by the Government of the Republic on 11.09.2009. 

The most important aspects of the new development plan are student-orientedness as well as quality, timeliness and appreciation of VET. VET has to be open and accessible for different target groups and fulfil a social and engaging function on the one hand and offer excellence for innovative and knowledge-based development of society and economy on the other hand.

The main goals for the next four years and the measures based thereon are the following:

1. The vocational education system is flexible, available, and meets the needs of the students
  • Measure 1.1 Improvement of labour qualifications
  • Measure 1.2 Increasing the opportunities of various target groups for vocational education
  • Measure 1.3 Development of the support, counselling, and support systems
  • Measure 1.4 Improvement of the student’s living conditions
2. The education is high-quality and competitive
  • Measure 2.1 Development and modernisation of vocational education
  • Measure 2.2 Development of the resources for ensuring the quality of vocational education
  • Measure 2.3 Development of the personnel in vocational educational institutions
  • Measure 2.4 Modernisation of the infrastructure at vocational educational institutions
3. The vocational education system is connected to society, the economy, and the labour market
  • Measure 3.1 Taking the trends in society, the knowledge-based economy, and the labour market into account when planning the development of the vocational education system
  • Measure 3.2 Development of the vocational system
  • Measure 3.3 The appreciation of work, craftsmanship, and vocational education in society
4. The organisation of the vocational education system is functional, effective, and sustainable
  • Measure 4.1 Making the management and development of the vocational education system more effective
  • Measure 4.2 Ensuring effective and sustainable funding
  • Measure 4.3 Development of co-operation
The success of the fulfilment of the development plan is measured by indicators, the most important of which are:
  • the students at the vocational secondary education level as a percentage of all students at the secondary education level,
  • the number of participants that have taken part in adult work-related training at vocational educational institutions,
  • the percentage of 25-64-year-olds that participate in lifelong learning
  • the number of vocational students participating in job-based education and
  • the percentage of vocational education graduates employed in the labour market.