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What is the current status of the choice for technology in education? What is the demand of the labour market?
On June 15, the annual update of the Technology Pact Monitor was presented, highlighting the following trends:
- In the labour market, there has been substantial growth in the number of individuals in technical professions in recent years. Between 2013 and 2019, the number of individuals in technical professions has 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 percentage of technical graduates has increased in the past year, from 25% in 2017/18 to 26% in 2018/19. In vocational education (mbo), the percentage of technical graduates in the same period increased from 28% to 29%. However, the influx in technical profiles/subjects in secondary education has slightly decreased. For example, in havo/vwo, the percentage of students choosing an N-profile has dropped from 49% to 48%.
Since 2015, Dialogic has been supporting Platform Talent voor Technologie in monitoring the progress of the Technology Pact. Dialogic's role includes processing education data from the Education Executive Agency (DUO) and education-labour market analyses from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Since 2015, Platform Talent voor Technologie has been using Dialogic's data platform for visualising the results. Interested in knowing more? Contact Jasper Veldman.
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