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In the report ‘Preventing Early School Leaving’,
the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and
Regions looks into what municipalities and
schools can do to make all students! both want
and manage to compete their education.

‘Preventing Early
School Leaving’:

http://webbutik.skl.se/
sv/artiklar/preventing-
early-school-
leaving.html

Good access to qualified educational and
vocational guidance is pointed out as an
important factor in both reports, but there are
also many other areas, where efforts possibly
could have made the difference.

Both reports can be downloaded and more
information about the Theme Group Youth can
be found here: http://eng.temaunga.se/

Nina Ahlroos
Euroguidance Sweden

Guidance counselling seminar for Croatian primary school
counsellors and teachers

For the second consecutive year, Euroguidance Croatia organised a seminar for
primary school staff – teachers and school counsellors. This endeavour was
primarily driven by the desire to encourage guidance counselling for pupils from
the earliest age.

Career guidance activities in Croatian schools are primarily
performed by school counsellors - pedagogues and
psychologists. Their role is to analyse individual (educational)
“Working closely needs of pupils, assess their abilities and motivation, present
with students them with further education opportunities, and monitor their
development and progress and, at the same time, encompassing
often enables the needs of the world of work. All in all – by no means an easy
teachers to get to task!

know them To help them tackle the challenges of guidance and improve their
counselling skills, Euroguidance Croatia has started organising
better.” two-day seminars for primary school counsellors. The seminar,
conducted by experienced guidance experts - educational and

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