Economic agents that train specialists under the dual system will be compensated up to 50% of the cost per student.
The government on Tuesday approved a number of documents related to the implementation of the dual training law in Moldova. Thus, the Cabinet approved a regulation on the compensation of the expenses of the economic agents participating in the dual system of training specialists. They will be compensated up to 50% of the costs incurred per student for the organization and implementation of vocational training programs in the dual system. The following will be compensated: the payment for the training of apprentices, but within 30% of the national minimum wage; the basic monthly salary of the master-instructor involved in the program, but within one national minimum wage; the costs of organizing training locations (maintenance and repair of machines and equipment etc.); the costs of training services that the economic agent pays to the educational institution, but within the national minimum wage; the costs of psychopedagogical training of the trainer; the costs of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) that conducts the training program. Compensation will be paid by the Organization for Entrepreneurship Development upon application submitted by the entity. "Economic agents involved in dual training will have the opportunity to select and hire the best graduates with compensation of up to 50% of the costs incurred. For this purpose, the Law on State Budget for 2023 provides budgetary allocations in the amount of 10 million lei," said Minister of Education and Research Anatolie Topala. In addition, the eligibility criteria for subjects to participate in the process of training in the dual system have been approved, and it has been decided to create a register of units in the dual education system. It should be reminded that dual education has been implemented in Moldova since 2014. In the academic year 2022-2023 dual education is implemented in 27 institutions of vocational education in partnership with 127 enterprises, which provide training to about 1.5 thousand students. More than 70% of graduates of this training system find jobs. // 28.02.2023 – InfoMarket
