Vocational Education and Training Directorate
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- assists the Minister in the development and implementation of the state policy in the field of vocational education and training, vocational career guidance and continuing vocational training;
- is responsible for the adoption, introduction and implementation of the state education standards for acquiring qualification on professions;
- develops and implements standard curricula;
- coordinates the development and is responsible for the implementation of the syllabi for the educational subjects in the vocational training;
- agrees draft standard curricula for the arts schools, sports schools and spiritual schools in relation to the vocational training;
- agrees draft syllabi related to the vocational school education, in the activities involving the registration and reorganization of private vocational secondary schools and vocational colleges;
- is responsible for the development and implementation of national examination programs and uniform criteria with regards to the state examinations for acquiring professional qualification;
- collects and analyzes information on the effective functioning of the quality control systems, implemented and maintaine in the field of vocational education and training;
- organizes and ensures carrying out of competitions in professions and Olympiads in educational subjects in the vocational training;
- manages methodologically, supervises and evaluates the activities of the experts in charge of vocational training in the regional department of education;
- participates in the development and management of national projects and programs in relation to matters of organization and content of the vocational training;
- participates by providing experts and gives opinions on proposals relating to the opening, registration, transformation, reorganization and closing down of vocational secondary schools and vocational colleges;
- participates in the preparation of the intergovernmental and interagency agreements, programs and protocols relating to the content and organization of the vocational training;
- coordinates and provides methodological support for the activities in the field of vocational career guidance and continuing lifelong learning;
- provides methodological support for the activities related to the validation of non-formal instruction and informal learning in the field of vocational training in school education and in continuing vocational training;
- is responsible for the development and updating of the list of professions for vocational education and training and the list of state protected professions;
- is responsible for the activities related to the development, agreeing and endorsement of training documentation for motor vehicle drivers;
- ensures the training of pupils about road safety and traffic rules, by coordinating the development and implementation of programs and methodological guidelines;
- realizes the interaction with employers’ organizations to improve the quality of vocational education and training, and of the continuing lifelong learning;
- is responsible for the elaboration, updating and application of the regulatory acts and the individual and general administrative acts, related to its functional expertise;
- participates in the synchronization of national legislation with the European Union acts relating to its functional expertise.