O4Yel as a good practice by CEDEFOP

CEDEFOP has included the Orienta4YEL project in their VET toolkit for tackling early leaving. It is a source of support for all policy makers and educators focused on combating early school leaving by providing help to young people through guidance, advice, good practices, and so on. It is mainly designed to: a) help young people not to drop out of education prematurely and b) help the reintegration into the education system of all those who have already dropped out and help them in training and the labor market (Psifidou, 2019).

The Orienta4YEL project provides educational institutions and the agents involved with a set of strategies and actions designed according to a previous diagnosis, to support them in the tasks of preventing young people from dropping out of school and addressing their needs. specific. The Orienta4YEL project aims to develop, implement and evaluate a set of innovative strategies and practices focused on facilitating student guidance. This is being done through tutorial actions aimed at promoting the inclusive education of young people who are abandoned or at risk of early school leaving; whether in formal or non-formal educational contexts.

The objectives of the project are:

1. Develop a set of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools to identify risk factors and support mechanisms to address premature abandonment.
2. Develop, implement and evaluate guidance and tutorial action mechanisms with young people who have abandoned or are at risk of abandonment.
3. Develop a training manual that should allow educators to support young people who have dropped out or those who are at risk of doing so through guidance and tutoring actions.
4. Establish learning networks focused on combating early school leaving through guidance mechanisms and tutorial actions.
5. Identify aspects of effective leadership in educational institutions that promote the educational and social inclusion of those at risk of dropping out of youth or at risk.

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Link to the project website: https://www.orienta4yel.eu/