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Quality of guidance: Mixed Opinions

On the request of the European Commission the Gallup Group in Greece. Respondents in Greece were the

Hungary carried out a study on the aspects of guidance. The main most likely to describe the educational ad-
purpose with the study was to look at how mobile young people (aged vice they had received as “poor” or “very
15 to 35) in Europe are for the purpose of education and work and how poor”; in Italy, Cyprus and France, more
they view the attractiveness of different education settings. than a third of young people gave such
negative ratings. In Turkey, however, a
A majority of young adults are satisfied ment opportunities: Roughly a fifth of slim majority answered that they had not
with the counselling received during their young people described the guidance and received any guidance on higher studies
education on further possibilities for counseling they had received at school as or that the question was not relevant to
education and training. About a quarter of “poor” and almost a tenth said it had their personal situation.
was how-ever not satisfied with the been “very poor”.
advice given. Roughly 1 in 7 young people A similar picture appeared when looking
said that they had not received any advice Nonetheless, almost half of young people at young people’s satisfaction with guid-
on higher education studies or that the answered that the career guidance receiv- ance and counseling received during their
question was not relevant to their ed at school had been either “satisfactory” school education on future employment
personal situation. or “good”. A minority of 5% said that opportunities. Young people in Fin-
counseling on future employment oppor- land, Belgium and Bulgaria were the
Main Results tunities had been “very good”. Finally, most likely to describe the career
These were the main results of the study. 17% of respondents had not received any guidance they had received as
The report also looked at their main guidance on employment opportunities “good” or “very good”, while those
concerns when seeking employment or considered the question “not applic- in France, Ireland, Poland, Cyprus,
and their willingness to set up a bu- able”. Greece and Italy were the most like-
siness, or move to another country ly to describe this guidance as
for employment. The report con- Country Variations “poor” or “very poor”.
tains a section on the attractiveness The proportion of young people who ra-
of vocational education and train- ted the guidance and counseling they had Peter Deursen, Euroguidance Netherlands
ing, youth mobility and employment received on further education and training
and entrepreneurship. options open to them as “good” or “very
good” was the highest in Bulgaria, follow- Youth on the move. Analytical
Young people were somewhat less ed by Finland, Romania and Belgium less report; full report: http://bit.ly/jD8gBf
likely to feel satisfied with the guid- than a quarter thought it had been “good”
ance and counseling on employ- or “very good” in Turkey, Italy, France and

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Editors:
Clarissa Cordroch (responsible)
Euroguidance Germany

Aurimas Levickas, Euroguidance Lithuania
Hilary Lynch, Euroguidance Ireland
Dóra Stefánsdottir, Euroguidance Iceland
www.euroguidance.net

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