Improving Higher Education with Micro-credentials: National analysis of the current state in the field of evidence of completion of CVT courses and lifelong learning programmes among all 26 public Universities and Colleges in the Czech Republic.
Abstract
Increasingly, among higher education and lifelong learning worldwide, due to the increasing internationality, there is an emphasis on the need to improve graduates' employability skills and the transparency of mechanisms for their recognition by unification of micro-credentialing. In order to improve the accessibility of education at the university level through the promotion of micro-credentials in the Czech Republic, we need a clear and validated analysis of the current state.
This article presents the results of national analysis among 26 public Colleges and Universities in the Czech Republic conducted in 2022-2023 as a result of our effort to respond to the need for research and analysis of current state in the field of evidence of completion of CVT courses and lifelong learning programmes. This study is the report document accompanying the ,,The National Recovery Plan (NRP) of the Czech Republic, specifically an Objective C1 - Improve the accessibility of education at the university level through the promotion of micro-credentials of the National Recovery Plan for Higher Education 2022-2024" which examines the current state of in the field of evidence of completion of CVT courses and lifelong learning programmes among all public Universities and Colleges in Czech Republic's Higher Education in 2022.
We present results and recommendations for the practice that can find a great use not only among Higher Education in Central Europe but worldwide.