An Examination Of The Role Of Vocational Training Centers In Ensuring School-Industry Cooperation From Employer's Perspective: The Ostim Case

Year 2023, , 1056 - 1072, 30.10.2023

Didem Koca , Ülkü İstiklal Ortakaya

https://doi.org/10.26466/opusjsr.1349283

Abstract

This study examines the role of Vocational Training Centers in school-industry cooperation from the perspective of employers. Within the scope of the research, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 12 business owners operating in Ankara Organised Industrial Zone who have cooperated with Vocational Training Centers. The research reveals that vocational education centers in Turkey are of great importance in terms of training graduates in line with the needs of the business world. However, employers have serious difficulties in recruiting staff and mostly meet their labour force needs by employing foreign workers. Furthermore, school-industry cooperation is essential so that the education curriculum can better meet the needs of the business world and provide students with workplace experience.Employers value the "certificate of mastery" obtained at the end of training to increase employability. The study also underlines the need for effective school-industry co-operation mechanisms. A strong partnership between business and educational institutions can improve the vocational education system in Turkey and prepare the future workforce.

Keywords

Education, School-Industry co-operation, Social Policy, Employment

MESLEKİ EĞİTİM MERKEZLERİ’NİN OKUL-SANAYİ İŞ BİRLİĞİNİN SAĞLANMASINDAKİ ROLÜNÜN İŞVEREN BAKIŞ AÇISIYLA İNCELENMESİ: OSTİM ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

Bu çalışma, işverenlerin perspektifinden Mesleki Eğitim Merkezleri'nin okul-sanayi işbirliği içindeki rolünü incelemektedir. Araştırma kapsamında, Mesleki Eğitim Merkezleri ile işbirliği yapmış ve Ankara Organize Sanayi Bölgesi'nde faaliyet gösteren 12 işletme sahibi ile yüz yüze görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma, Türkiye'deki mesleki eğitim merkezlerinin, iş dünyasının ihtiyaçlarına uygun mezunlar yetiştirme açısından büyük önem taşıdığını ortaya koyuyor. Ancak işverenler eleman temini konusunda ciddi anlamda zorluk yaşamakta ve işgücü ihtiyacını çoğunlukla yabancı işçi istihdamı ile karşılamaktadır. Ayrıca eğitim müfradatın iş dünyasının ihtiyaçlarını daha iyi karşılamasını sağlamak ve öğrencilere işyeri deneyimi sağlamak için okul-sanayi işbirliği esastır. İşverenler istihdam edilebilirliği artırmak için eğitim sonunda elde edilen "ustalık sertifikasına" değer veriyor. Çalışma aynı zamanda etkili okul-sanayi işbirliği mekanizmalarına olan ihtiyacın altını çiziyor. İş dünyası ile eğitim kurumları arasındaki güçlü bir ortaklık, Türkiye'deki mesleki eğitim sistemini geliştirebilir ve geleceğin işgücünü hazırlayabilir.

Keywords

Mesleki Eğitim, Okul- Sanayi İş Birliği, Sosyal Politika, İstihdam

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