Vocational education and training and intervention and regulation policies in Argentina

RIQUELME, GRACIELA C.; HERGER, NATALIA; SASSERA, JORGELINA

Conferencia; Pathways in Vocational Education and Training and Lifelong Learning. Proceedings of the 4th Crossing Boundaries Conference in Vocational Education and Training; 2021

European Research Network on Vocational Education and Training, VETNET, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland and Bern University of Teacher Education

Argentina has strong provincial inequalities resultingfrom a historic disparity in productive performance that coincide with higheconomic and social heterogeneity among and within provinces.The analysis of provincial and local social and economic conditions for the insertion in the world of work, allow toconsider differential situations among areas according to the main productivesector, the labour markets? demands, populations? size and relative livingconditions, as well as the spaces or types of practices to be developed.What is the meaning of education andvocational training in a country like Argentina with growing dualization,polarization, segmentation and economic and social exclusion facing crisisexacerbation due to pandemic? In this context, it is necessary to respond toworkers? educational needs and to multiple economic and technological demandsderived from the country´s recovery alternatives.The possibility of participating again inthe 4th International Conference Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Educationand Training, responds to the advantages of comparative education approacheswithin Europe and from another continent. This allows recognizing regularities,problems, agency and actors trends in different systems. In the case of acountry, it is possible to apply analytical strategies to inequalities anddifferences between the provincial states. Our research orientations and practicesof transfer to VET´s management bodies coincide with: the need to recognizesingularities, identifying strengths and needs of improvement and the recognition ofgaps; understanding of the role played by thedifferent institutions, agencies and actors involved; and characterizingmargins and possible spaces for regulation of TVET bodies, all topics includedin this call for 2021 Conference.