In Lettland stieg die Zahl der Studierenden an berufsbildenden Einrichtungen im Vergleich zum Vorjahr um 1,6 Prozent. Als ein Ergebnis von Optimierung und Reorganisation des lettischen Berufsbildungssektors ist die Zahl der Berufsbildungseinrichtungen hingegen etwas gesunken.
Number of Latvian students enrolled in vocational education institutions increases by 1.6 % in 2014-2015
Provisional data of the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) show that in the
academic year 2014/2015, 11.7 thousand students were enrolled in 62
vocational education institutions and 14 colleges implementing vocational
education programmes.
Compared to the previous academic year the
number of enrolled students has increased by 1.6 percent. 46.5 percent of
the students enrolled are women.
As a result of optimisation and
reorganisation of the vocational education sector, the number of education
institutions starting the new academic year compared to the school year
2013/2014 has decreased by four establishments.
The demographic
situation in the country has also affected the number of students in vocational
education institutions. In the academic year 2014/2015 there are 29.8 thousand
students studying in vocational education institutions in Latvia, which is 1.2
thousand or 6.8 percent less than in the previous academic year. Of the
total number of these students 12.9 thousand or 43.2 percent are
women.
The CSB data on further education of basic school
graduates show that the share of graduates continuing their education in
vocational education institutions has almost not changed. In 2013,
33.4 percent of graduates chose to obtain vocational education, and
61.5 percent continued their education in general secondary education
institutions. A slight increase was observed in the number of secondary school
graduates who continue their education in vocational education institutions
(from 6.4 percent in 2012 to 7.6 percent in 2013).
In
2014, 8.8 thousand students acquired secondary vocational education which is an
increase of 7.7 percent compared to 2013.