Table 4 Characteristics of the transition patterns
| Â | (Cluster 1) Direct transition to company-based VET | (Cluster 2) Delayed transition to company-based VET | (Cluster 3) Transition to school-based VET | (Cluster 4) Transition to upper-secondary schools | (Cluster 5) Pre-vocational program(s) | (Cluster 6) Fragmented pathway |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
In % (row percentages) | 34% | 7% | 10% | 25% | 11% | 13% |
Average duration in month | ||||||
Company-based VET | 23.5 | 11.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.6 |
School-based VET | 0.0 | 0.1 | 19.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.8 |
Upper-secondary school | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 22.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
Prevocational program | 0.0 | 10.4 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 22.2 | 5.0 |
Employment | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
Unemployment | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
Other activity | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 |
Gap | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Changes between activities (means) | ||||||
Average number of changes | 1.3 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.6 |
Number of episodes of prevocational programs (column percentages) | ||||||
Participated in one prevocational program | 1.3% | 94.6% | 15.3% | 2.6% | 82.4% | 41.9% |
Participated in more than one prevocational program | 0.1% | 5.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | 17.6% | 8.2% |
Obtain higher school certificates (column percentages) | ||||||
Share of students who improved their school certificate | –1 | – | – | 29.3% | 16.9% | – |