ZAGREB, September 16, 2019 – The president of the Croatian Chamber of Crafts and Trades (HOK), Dragutin Ranogajec, said on Monday that the proposed amendments to the Crafts and Trades Act would strengthen small business and the economy overall, and that the enterprise sector would have a greater impact on education programmes for trades.
According to the government-sponsored bill of amendments sent to parliament last week, which HOK hopes will be passed by the end of the year, the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts will approve the planned structure of enrolments into trade education programmes which will ensure the economy’s direct impact, Ranogajec told a press conference.
He added that the government has proposed that this ministry prepare a vocational curriculum for trades which is currently prepared by the minister for education. That means that the economy will have more impact on shaping the education framework for trades, Ranogajec added.
“If the bill is adopted by the end of the year, we will be prepared at the start of the new school year to completely take on all of our legislative obligations,” said Ranogajec.
He underscored that the existing law, adopted in 2013, partially severed ties between the economy, the labour market and vocational education.
He believes that it is necessary to increase the requirement to enrol in vocational schools so that students can gain excellency and, in that way, create the future for Croatia’s economy.
We need to jointly promote knowledge at all levels, respect one another and remove the stigma of trades. It is necessary to note that scholarships for trades have increased 100 per cent thanks to HOK, he concluded.
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