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How is the choice for technology in education progressing? What is the demand of the labour market?
On June 15, the annual update of the Technology Pact Monitor was presented, which includes the following trends:
- In recent years, there has been a significant growth in the number of individuals in technical professions in the labour market. Between 2013 and 2019, the number of people in technical professions increased by over 13%. Additionally, the number of women in technical professions is growing faster than the number of men in technical professions.
- In higher education, the share of technical graduates has increased in the past academic year, from 25% in 2017/18 to 26% in 2018/19. In vocational education (mbo), the share of technical graduates has increased in the same period from 28% to 29%. However, the intake in technical profiles/subjects in secondary education has slightly decreased. For example, in havo/vwo, the percentage of students choosing a science (N) profile has dropped from 49% to 48%.
Since 2015, Dialogic has been supporting Platform Talent for Technology in monitoring the progress of the Technology Pact. Dialogic's role is processing the educational data from the Education Executive Agency (DUO) and the education-labour market analyses from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Since 2015, Platform Talent for Technology has been using Dialogic's data platform for visualising the results. Want to know more? Contact Jasper Veldman.
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