Preparing School Leavers to Start a Career

In the modern world, a socio-economic development is essentially based on knowledge. It is therefore believed that educational investments can accelerate the pace of economic growth and in the individual dimension help better prepare school-leavers to launch a satisfying career. The article discusses directions of the Polish vocational education reform and the concept of vocational lifelong learning. Surveys of school leavers' further careers were proposed to asses the effectiveness of the actions taken. The article characterizes the method and discusses the present state and directions in further development of the Polish vocational school system based on results provided by surveys conducted in Poland.Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 zostało dofinansowane ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej nauk