The new reality of employment and professional careers is increasingly forceful: the old philosophy of obtaining a degree and hoping to always live with that education has been left behind, and continuous and recurring training throughout our lives is the present and future waiting for millions of people around the world.
In the last quarter of 2022, the largest number of people over 16 years of age who have completed some type of regulated or non-regulated training since 2014 was registered: a total of 8,036,400, according to data from the Active Population Survey, which shows that training is becoming increasingly important for citizens.
One of the clearest examples is Vocational Training, where there has been an increase of almost 30% in the number of students in the last five courses, according to the latest statistics on Vocational Training from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MEFP) collected by the Group Educaedu. In addition, the number of online vocational training students has grown by 157.1% in the same period.
Added to this is the fact that the distance format of VT is tremendously attractive for new students, with 23.6% of enrollment in Higher VT and 12.6% in Intermediate VT being in the online modality, according to data from the MEFP in the last year. In this sense, it also stands out that the 58% who requested information on training cycles in the last quarter of 2022 have opted for the online mode, according to the Educaedu Group.
In this new world of online VT, women have a lot to say: in Intermediate Grade they make up 65.7% of the students, and in higher education, 61.7%, according to data from the Educaedu Group. This does not mean that in general most VT students are men, this gap being especially clear in professional families related to industry or technology.
The data indicates beyond this that in the last year only 29.5% of the students of Basic Vocational Training, 45.1% of the Intermediate Vocational Training and 48.9% of the Higher Vocational Training are women , according to the latest Vocational Training statistics from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MEFP).
The minority of women in new technologies and industry is also demonstrated in the data collected by the Educaedu Group: in the Computer Science and Telecommunications family they represent 7.9% of the student body and 14.3% in Higher Education Vocational Training ; and in Installation and Maintenance or Electricity and Electronics, they barely make up 2.3% of the students enrolled in intermediate level training cycles, and 4.5% in higher level ones.
Guadalupe Bragado, Director of Vocational Training at CCC Centro de Estudios Profesionales, explains why this gender disparity is due: "There is still little visibility for women dedicated to the technological and industrial sectors and who hold positions of great responsibility, because they do not they are a majority", he points out, although he stresses that "they are a very edifying testimony so that the girls and students who feel inclined towards STEM studies can clearly verify how with talent, effort and tenacity, they will be able to develop a personal and professional career. successful professional."
For this reason, the CCC aspires to end this gender gap with the development of "actions through orientation aimed at students and families" with which "it will promote the debate with the teaching staff on the problem of gender equality, will lead to It will carry out awareness campaigns for companies to support internship students, it will promote campaigns on a mixed FP in cycles of male and/or female predominance, and for the dissemination of professional achievements of women and businesswomen”, explains Bragado.
In order to get more women to study in these traditionally male families, "it is crucial and very important that academic and professional guidance be offered from the earliest school stages, so that in addition to making students aware of all the academic and training itineraries they have, within their reach, they are able to reinforce their self-esteem knowing that whether they choose Vocational Training studies such as Baccalaureate, or university degrees, they will be able to become professionals capable of going as far as they want to go”, remarks the director of the CCC.
One of the most interesting projects of the CCC in this regard is Women Speed Mentoring, "meetings that aim to stimulate and empower young students to break gender stereotypes and meet their employment goals," explains Bragado, which offer "inspiring talks with successful directives from the ICT world and, at the same time, receive guidance on where to direct their professional career”.
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