Vocational education and training in Luxembourg: short description

The education and training system in Luxembourg has its particular features. As Luxembourg is so small and has a tradition of openness to the outside world, large scale immigration is a particular feature of its population as well as labour market recruiting from the ‘Grande Region’; both of these have an impact on the education and training system. Its language situation is also distinctive. Luxembourgers are trilingual: from primary school, they learn Luxembourgish, German and French. Multilingualism is one of the key aspects of the challenges facing the current education and training system, especially as regards the integration of a very substantial foreign population. The most distinctive feature of vocational training in Luxembourg is the provision at school of a vocational training system comparable to the German ‘duales system’. General education and technical and vocational theoretical education are provided in schools while, for most occupations, practical training takes place in enterprises. While this arrangement applies particularly to apprenticeship, the concept of alternance is itself part and parcel of many training schemes. The contents are: General political context; Recent policy developments; Institutional framework; Initial education and training; Continuing vocational training; Training of teachers and trainers; Competence development; Validation of experience; School and vocational guidance; Investment in human resources; European and international dimension.

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