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Our Motivation

Today’s educational system does not draw on the practical aspect of the learning activity, whereas students focus more on acquiring knowledge which turns out to be obsolete most of the time in the context of a completely dynamic and changing labour market. It is obvious that our students lack digital and practical competences. Thereby they have to build up a strong motivation and they have to manifest an increasing interest in the lifelong learning process. Employers do not have the time to train their employees at the working place; on the contrary, they require that students should possess a wide range of competences even after graduation from highschool: organization abilities, abilities of efficient communication, digital competences, adaptability, responsibility, creativity, pro-activity. Unfortunately, these competences cannot be highly developed because of students’ busy timetable as well as because of the large number of students in a classroom. Some of these competences are slightly developed during the form teachers’ classes. These competences can be developed through extracurricular activities such as visits to different companies or participation in workshops presided by various personalities or specialists.
This project is meant to comply with our students’ formation needs and it offers complementary activities that will be carried out both in a formal environment, integrated in the school curriculum and in a non-formal environment. Students must be prepared for life, must be able to choose their career according to their competences and level of knowledge. A graduate with solid theoretical knowledge may sometimes prove not to be a competitive and efficient employee.
The main objective: of the project is to form and develop core employability skills with two subtopics: digital skills ( handle basic technology, read, write and compute competently) and core life skills such as ability to learn and adapt, listen and communicate efficiently, think creatively, solve problems independently, interact with others and work in teams or groups, lead or follow supervision.

Our objectives

Through the activities that this project proposes to direct and indirect beneficiaries (students, teachers, and local community) to form and develop skills that they will use in personal and professional lives later, thus ensuring the link between the class and labour market. Participants will be able to understand the relevance of the act of learning and the active role they play in the formation of a solid education, experience and then transferring to colleagues, community and subsequently the economy. Direct and indirect beneficiaries will feel appreciated and involved, it will increase confidence in their abilities and the positive impact it will feel personal and professional level, creating a snowball effect that will affect the colleagues and their friends.
Thanks to the topic and to the cooperation with local business, the project team will use this project as an outstanding opportunity to reach these objectives:
• Form and develop skills that students will use in personal and professional life
• Understand the relevance of the act of learning
• Providing students with cross-cutting skills related to life and work
• Helping the participants to understand the labour market and to make more informed choices about their options in education, training, self-employment
• Enhancing their motivation, ambition, self-confidence and open-mindedness,
• Providing them some transferrable skills thanks to the use of the Europass mobility certificate,
• Improving their propensity to mobility and their future employability,
• Helping them to become better citizens and contribute to their communities and societies
• Developing new teaching and learning methods and making learning more attractive,

Relevant topics

RELEVANT TOPICS:

• -Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemployment

• -Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal)

• -ICT - new technologies - digital competences

PRIORITIES: Achievement of relevant and high quality skills and competences/ Social inclusion

GOAL: school finds that academic preparation is not enough in a socio-economic context dominated by mobility and adaptability, therefore, young people and others must take into account a permanent education and training, throughout life, developing a set of skills and competences adapted to the ever changing demands of the labor market.

This project is meant to comply with our students’ formation needs and it offers complementary activities that will be carried out both in a formal environment, integrated in the school curriculum and a non-formal environment. Students must be prepared for life, able to choose their career according to their competences and level of knowledge.A graduate with solid theoretical knowledge may sometimes prove not to be a competitive and efficient employee.

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