Changes to vocational training, education and the courts

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1. Makes it easier to update the National Catalogue of Professional Qualifications and allows vocational training centers to offer training programs built from modules of their authorized degrees or professional certificates, with a certificate awarded on completion.
2. The Government may create specialization courses for people who already hold a vocational training degree, and administrations will plan the training offer based on the socioeconomic reality of each territory.
3. Creates a stable network of vocational training centers and regulates distance vocational training, including a nationwide public platform to take modules from vocational programs and professional certificates.
4. Gives priority to assessing and certifying professional skills gained through work experience, especially in sectors that are creating jobs and among unemployed people without certified qualifications.
5. Amends the Education Law: it sets the compulsory subjects of the fourth year of compulsory secondary education, regulates initial vocational qualification programs for students over 15, and establishes an official certificate for those who do not obtain the graduation degree.
6. Allows the Central Contentious-Administrative Courts to authorize the release of identification data and the suspension of services or removal of content that violates intellectual property. It also promotes cooperation between higher vocational training and universities, with recognition of at least 30 ECTS credits, and makes it easier for university professors and CSIC researchers with exceptional merits to extend their active service for up to five years.

Who it affects

• Vocational training students and centers: They will have more training programs, specialization courses and distance learning options.
• People with work experience but no degree: They can have their professional skills certified and complete training to obtain a degree or certificate.
• Students in the fourth year of compulsory secondary education: They will have compulsory subjects set by law and a year that guides their future choices.
• University professors and CSIC researchers: Those with exceptional merits may extend their active service for up to five years.
• Websites and internet services: Judges can authorize the release of identification data and the removal of content that violates intellectual property.

Words worth knowing

Catálogo Nacional de Cualificaciones Profesionales

Official list of the professional skills recognized in Spain, which serves as the basis for degrees and certificates.

Certificado de profesionalidad

Official document certifying the professional skills needed to practice a trade.

Unidades de competencia

Blocks of professional skills that can be assessed and certified separately.

Créditos ECTS

Unit of measurement for university studies in Europe.

Juzgados Centrales de lo Contencioso-Administrativo

Courts that review decisions of the State Administration when someone challenges them.

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