- By 2030, 65% more middle education (VET) professionals in the Spanish state will be needed and 35% more higher education – with higher VET and university graduates – according to the Skill Forecast report by the European Union’s Cedefop and Eurofund agencies. The study shows that employment will increase particularly in the service sector and will be a challenge, as the Spanish State has one of the lowest enrolment rates in vocational training than in the other OECD countries: 12% of students are enrolled in this sector, well below 26% of the average.
Euskal Herria is no exception. Moreover, “the Basque industry seeks workers outside the Spanish state. With the vacancies in FP today, the demand of industry 4.0 and leading sectors will not be met.” These are the words of Juan Carlos Tejada, director of training for Spanish employers CEOE. In this corner we have been talking about the need to boost FP. Since the teachers’ schools of many companies and towns disappeared in the 1970s, young people have gone to university in search of safe employment. Unforgivable failure. How many college students are unemployed, how many are not required to do their jobs, how many hide their true training in the resume so that they are not rejected in the selective processes...
Public administrations need to uphold and promote vocational training as a means of achieving decent employment and preventing youth unemployment. Future employment, both now and in the medium term, could be achieved through vocational training.