Vocational Education and Training

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría emphasised the importance of vocational training and education, and highlighted the OECD’s role in developing policies and identifying best practices in these areas.

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Evaluation of School Buildings Indices Quality System” in Greece: A Tool for Decision-Makers

The Evaluation School Building Indices Quality System aims to develop principles, methodology and appropriate indices for the evaluation of the educational infrastructures in the Greek State.

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Working to Improve Quality in Educational Buildings: Examples and Perspectives from Portugal

This paper presents three experiences on evaluation projects in Portugal over the last 10 to 15 years: characteristics of existing school property; diagnosis of existing laboratories in secondary schools; and a general survey of school facilities.

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Potential Problems and Challenges in Defining International Design Principles for Schools

The paper is concerned with the spatial condition of school buildings and the preconditions it contains for encouraging and facilitating learning through a social, cultural and informational interface.

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The Development of Guidelines and Regulations on Quality in Mexico’s Educational Facilities

The paper describes past, present and future directions in education infrastructure policy in Mexico in the context of the development of guidelines and regulations on quality in Mexico’s educational facilities.

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Pendão School in Lisbon: A Post-Occupancy Evaluation in Progress

This paper presents the methodology and preliminary results of a post-occupancy evaluation, which is currently being conducted at the Galopim de Carvalho School in Lisbon.

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In 2006, the OECD/PEB Governing Board agreed to form a Working Group on Evaluating Quality on Educational Facilities to advance this work.

Government and Private Enterprise: Working Together For Quality Results

ICEMAREY is a decentralised public organism with the mission of “being a pioneer and trustful organism in the construction, equipment, maintenance and rehabilitation of the public educational infrastructure.

Supporting the contribution of higher education institutions to regional development - reports on Canada

View reports relating to a review of higher education institution support of regional development. These reports focus on Atlantic Canada.

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Recognising non-formal and informal learning: Country Background Report - Korea

The purpose of this activity is to provide policymakers with options for developing systems to recognise non-formal and informal learning; to effectively implement the agenda; and determine under what conditions recognition of non-formal and informal learning can be beneficial for all.