MECINE Chartres May 28.-31.2013 Else Beate Husby Solveig Laland

1. New Possibilities Greater opportunities to a wider range of youth!A national project to increase successful completion in Upper Secondary Education and Training MECINE Chartres May 28.-31.2013 Else Beate Husby Solveig Laland

2. Our presentation • The Norwegian education system, shortsummary • Vestfold county; facts, statistics, • National statistics • National and regional efforts • NyGIV; New Possibilities • God Oppvekst; Goodchildhoodconditions

4. Vestfold County - facts Area 2216 square km Ca 230 000 inhabitants 14 municipalities Biggesttownsare Tønsberg, Larvik, Sandefjord and Horten 1000 km coastline Approximately 1500 islands 32 lowersecondaryschools (compulsory) 10 uppersecondaryschools ( voluntary, right) Aprox. 8700 students 52% VocationalEducationProgrammes 48% General Studies Programmes Aprox. 1500 apprentices

5. Education programmes and programme areas: Upper secondary education and training is comprised of 12 different education programmes: 3 general studies: • Sports and physical education • Music, dance and drama • Specialization in general studies, 9 vocational: • Building and construction • Design, arts and crafts • Electricity and electronics • Healthcare, childhood and youth development • Media and communication (with the option of general studies Vg3) • Agriculture, fishing and forestry (with the option of general studies Vg3) • Restaurant and food processing • Service and transport • Technical and industrial production

6. Transfer to upper secondary education

7. Importance of parents background

8. Dropout rate

9. Unemployment The unemployment rate in Norway is 3.5% of the workforce. The number is stable. The unemployment rate among young people 15-24 years: 9.6%, and the number is constantly increasing. Among young people 20-24 who are not in education or work, more than 50% never started or completed upper secondary education.

10. Results in Vestfold 65% completed and passed upper secondary education after 5 years. (Leaving 10 compulsary years in school, 2004) 69% completed and passed after 5 years. ( 2005 ) 67,3% completed and passed after 5 years. (2006) 5% still in training. (All) 30% not completed 3-5% completed according to an individual plan 5-7% completed, not passing 20% drop-outs

11. OT: ”Follow-up service” A service to capture students who drop out of secondary school Offering secondary school, various training and work-related activity After 4 years aprox. 30% of the pupils who didn’t start secondary school are registrated in the Follow-up service with different activities

12. National and regional efforts NyGIV - New Possibilitets It is a national task to increase successful completion in Upper Secondary Education and Training from 70 % to 75 %. The project, Ny GIV, was introduced in the autumn 2010 and will last until 2013. New Possibilities has 3 main projects: Completion Statistics Project. (Gjennomføringsbarometeret.) Follow - Up Project. (Oppfølgingsprosjektet.) The Transition project. (Overgangsprosjektet)

13. The Transition project. Overgangsprosjektet Solid collaboration with the county municipalities • Main focus on robust follow up of pupils with the poorest results in the final part of 10thgrade and in upper secondary education. and training. A specific emphasis on skills in reading literacy, writing and numeracy. • The project include all municipalities. • Courses for teachers • The pupils are offered to attend summer jobs, summer school etc during summer in project period • The upper secondary schools focus on developing the subjects Mathematics, Norwegian, English and Science to make these subjects more relevant to the pupils` future needs in their professional careers.

14. Goodchildhoodconditions(God oppvekst) • Action program 2008 – 2018 including all municipalities in Vestfold, Vestfold county, State authorities, and business partners • The mainchallengesand problems for themunicipalities to work with • School dropouts • Alternatives to schools • Social problems at home • Lack of marks; the aim is that more pupils will be able to graduate with exams It takes a wholevillage to raise a child( afrikans uttrykk )

15. The river and the waterfalls

16. White paper - Stortingsmelding 20 (2012-2013) • Main challenge: increase the number of pupils who complete and pass upper secondary education • Guaranty education for all, as a basic precept ( rettesnor) of Norwegian educational policy • The quality of our education and vocational training is instrumental (medvirkende) for the qualities developed in our society, and must, as such, have perspective and direction towards the future • Main pillars: • inclusive schools • relevance and flexibility in content in secondary education • Teaching and learning for the future

17. Contact • Else Beate Husby • elsebeateh@vfk.no • 0047 334 44 184/ 913 88 632 • Solveig Laland • solveigl1@vfk.no • 0047 334 44 011/ 992 14 055 • Erla Jonsdottir • erlaj@vfk.no • 0047 334 44 180/ 408 48 292 http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/kd/campaign/ny-giv---new-possibilities.html?id=632025