Follow-up study of graduates from provincial secondary schools in their transition to higher education/the labour market and formulating proposals to optimize this transition.

Moving up smoothly from secondary education to higher education or to the active labour market is crucial in this society. In practice however, we find that this transition is not always very easy and that it is not as obvious for every student. To better understand this issue and to draw up desirable measures, The Province of Antwerp has decided to conduct scientific research, together with the Institute of Education and Information Sciences of the University of Antwerp. There are three foci in this project: (1) gain insight into the profile of students leaving the sixth grade of secondary education; (2) gain insight into the link between this profile and the transition to the labour market/tertiairy education (grade 7 in secondary education or higher education); en (3) gain insight into desirable measures to optimize the transition from secondary education to the labour market/tertiairy education.

Keywords:HIGHER EDUCATION, LABOUR MARKET, STUDENT CERTIFICATION, CAREER COUNSELING, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION

Disciplines:Psychological methods, Mathematical and quantitative methods, Education curriculum, Education systems, General pedagogical and educational sciences, Specialist studies in education, Other pedagogical and educational sciences, Social theory and sociological methods, Political theory and methodology