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Implementation of the 2012 Council Recommendation on Validation of Non-Formal and Informal Learning ONE-OFF REPORT: SPAIN Catálogo de publicaciones del Ministerio: www.educacion.gob.es Catálogo general de publicaciones oficiales: www.publicacionesoficiales.boe.es MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION Y FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL SECRETARÍA DE ESTADO DE EDUCACIÓN Y FORMACIÓNPROFESIONAL DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL INDEX Pág PREAMBLE ............................................................................................................................................. 5 1. CHAPTER I: GENERAL FEATURES OF THE VALIDATION ARRANGEMENTS .............................................................................................................................. 7 1.1. General presentation: legislative framework and background information ............. 7 1.1.1. Demographic and administrative structure of Spain. ............................................. 8 1.1.2. Analysis of the activity rate compared with the active population. Comparison between activity and active population rates in relation to the level of education. .......................................................................................................................................... 10 1.1.3. Early school leaving in Spain and its consequences on employment .............. 18 1.2. Brief presentation of the education system ...................................................................... 22 2. CHAPTER II: RESULTS OF VALIDATION TOOLS IN SPAIN: ............................ 25 VALIDATION SYSTEMS FOR FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING IN THE FIELD OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING .................................................................................... 25 2.1. Vocational Training in the Education System and Vocational Training for Employment in the Workplace ................................................................................................. 25 2.1.1. Vocational training in the Education System ......................................................... 25 2.1.2. Vocational Training for Employment in the Workplace ..................................... 28 2.2. Vocational Training Validation Procedures .................................................................... 29 2.2.1. Procedures for the assessment, accreditation and recognition of professional competences acquired through work experience and non-formal and informal training. .............................................................................................................................................. 29 2 2.2.2. Technician and Advanced technician vocational training qualifications (special procedures for entrance to this education levels and for obtaining the diplomas). .......................................................................................................................................... 32 2.2.2.1. Entrance exams to Intermediate Vocational Training Cycles ........................... 33 2.2.2.2. Entrance exams to Advanced Vocational Training Cycles ................................. 34 2.2.2.3. Open exams to obtain the Technician and Advanced technician vocational training qualifications .................................................................................................................... 35 2.3. Validation of formal and informal learning in Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate ........................................................................................................................ 37 2.3.1. Open exams to obtain the qualification of Compulsory Secondary Education graduate ............................................................................................................................................. 39 2.3.2. Open exams to obtain the Baccalaureate qualification ....................................... 40 2.3.3. Specific exams for students with a Technician or Advanced Technician Vocational Training Qualification (diploma) or Music or Dance Technician Official Training qualification (diploma) to obtain the Baccalaureate qualification ................. 41 2.4. Special studies of the education system open exams.................................................... 42 2.4.1. Open exams for validating special system language education ........................ 42 2.4.2. Open exams for special system artistic education (Music and Dance) .......... 44 2.4.3. Validating special system sports education ............................................................. 46 2.4.3.1. Intermediate Level Sports Education ........................................................................ 46 2.4.3.2. Advanced Level Sports Education ............................................................................. 47 2.5. Validation systems for formal and informal learning in the university sphere ...... 48 2.5.1. Access to university for people over 25, 40, 45, etc ................................................ 48 2.5.1.1. Access to Undergraduate Degrees for over people over 25 years of age ......... 50 2.5.1.2. Accreditation of work or professional experience (40 years of age) related to an undergraduate degree course. ............................................................................................... 51 2.5.1.3. Access to official undergraduate degrees for over people over 45 years of age 52 3 2.5.1.4. Recognition of ECTS credits in Higher Education for work experience inherent to university undergraduate courses ........................................................................ 54 3. CHAPTER III: COHERENCE OF VALIDATION ARRANGEMENTS WITH OTHER TRANSPARENCY AND RECOGNITION TOOLS: ............................................ 55 3.1. Direct obtaining of qualifications in the Education System ....................................... 55 3.2. Entrance exams to study in the post-compulsory Education System: .................... 56 3.3. Procedures for the assessment, accreditation and recognition of professional competences acquired through work experience and non-formal training. ............... 56 3.4. Other cases of validation of work experience.................................................................. 56 4. CHAPTER IV. THE SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS. .................................................... 57 5. CHAPTER V. ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS IN THE VALIDATION OF NON- FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING ................................................................................ 59 6. CHAPTER VI. CAPACITY BUILDING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE .............. 60 7. CHAPTER VII. EVALUATION & MONITORING ....................................................... 62 8. ANNEXED ..................................................................................................................................... 64 4 PREAMBLE The COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning (2012/C 398/01) urged Member States to establish mechanisms for determining, documenting and assessing the learning outcomes acquired through non-formal and informal learning and for certifying the results of the assessment in some of its forms, in order to offer citizens the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned by outside of formal education and training, including through mobility experiences, and to make use of that learning for their careers and further learning. Similarly, it is establishes that Member States and the Commission should, on the one hand, follow- up this Recommendation by through the European Qualifications Framework advisory group and, on the other, report on the progress made following the adoption of measures aimed at fulfilling this Recommendation. In this regard, Spain, through its national representative at the 51st meeting of the EQF Advisory Group, announced the submission of this report for the next meeting scheduled for the first week of February 2020. Therefore, the Government of Spain, through the Directorate-General of Vocational Training of the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training, submits this report on the set of measures and tools that make up the Spanish system for validation of learning acquired through non-formal and informal learning, which follows the structure established at the EQF Advisory Group meeting that took place on 14 and 15 June 2017, and is embodied in “Note AG-41.5”. This report is structured in the following chapters and with the following objectives: 5 6 1. CHAPTER I: GENERAL FEATURES OF THE VALIDATION ARRANGEMENTS 1.1. General presentation: legislative framework and background information From the legislative point of view, in addition to the COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION of 20 December 2012 on the validation of non-formal and informal learning (2012/C 398/01), the complex Spanish validation system derives directly from the following regulatory references: Treaty on the European Union (consolidated version 2016), available at EUR-Lex. Article 27 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978, which includes the right to education. Organic Law 5/2002, of 19 June on Qualifications and Vocational Training. For the first time, every formal education option and also those that certify learning acquired through non- formal and informal means, are included under this law, and all accompanied by a comprehensive system of information and guidance, which ultimately resulted in Royal Decree 1224/2009, of 17 July on recognition of professional competences acquired through work experience. This regulation allows citizens to certify and capitalize on any learning