Policy approaches to tackle VET teacher shortages in the EU

Shortages of vocational education and training (VET) teachers and trainers have become a structural challenge for Europe’s VET systems, hindering progress towards EU priorities of agile, quality-assured, flexible, inclusive, innovative and attractive VET. As shortages are expected to grow, EU Member States, Norway and Iceland have been introducing systemic and project-based measures in national VET reform plans. Cedefop examines these policy responses reported in the  Timeline of VET policies in Europe, collects robust evidence through the European Vocational Teacher Survey (EVTS).