Changes in the classification of professions, funding of vocational schools in terms of labour market needs, as well as tax facilities – the scope of the draft revision of education law is wide.
The market saturated by school pupils with a general profile is in effect forcing changes in education towards specific professions. Vocational education has been badly neglected in recent years, including financially. The new law is to involve all stakeholders, including employers, in the training process.
If the main objective of the reform is achieved, namely strengthening industry education, there will be a chance to compensate for the shortage of staff that already weighs heavily on the labour market. The involvement of employers in the training process of future generations depends largely on the simplification of paper science, which, in its current form, is very laborious and takes too much time to employ people for professional practice.
Cooperation with business
The draft amended the Education Law and the Education System Act and some other laws increases the subsidy directed by local governments to schools that are educated in professions for which there is a higher demand on the labour market, indicated in the forecast of the demand for workers in the vocational education professions.
At the same time, the Minister of Education will make changes in the classification of the professions of professional education at the request of the Minister responsible for the profession, taking into account the classification of professions and specialities for the labour market in terms of the name and symbol of the digital profession.
Employers' organisations, professional authorities and sectoral competence councils will be able to apply to the relevant ministers for the introduction of a new profession for the classification of professional education. They will also be entitled to make a proposal to establish a profession-specific qualification
Employers educating young workers in professions where there is increased demand for workers will receive higher funding for the cost of this training.
Employers who have entered into a contract of employment with a young worker for the occupation shall be entitled to a grant of training costs which, for a period of time of 36 months is up to 8,081 PLN. We propose to increase the amount of funding to 10,000 PLN.
The technical student will be able to perform the student internship on the basis of an agreement with the employer. Attendance in student traineeships will enable learning the profession under real working conditions. This will enable the employer to meet and prepare the future employee.
The cost of cash benefits that the student receives during the internship will be included in the cost of obtaining income. During the student internship, the student will pursue selected subjects from the curriculum in the practical learning of the profession at the school to which he or she attends or goes beyond that programme.
The Regulation will lay down the conditions to be met by the student traineeship so that the school head can release the student in full or in part from the obligation to pursue a practical profession.
Tax preferences for donors
The Resort wants to encourage financial support for schools by introducing changes to tax rules on donations.
Firms – legal persons who provide donations to public schools providing vocational training and public continuing training and public vocational training centres will be able to deduct the tax on the total amount transferred up to and above the amount 10% income.
In contrast, in the case of natural persons operating an economic activity, it will be possible to deduct the tax in total up to a maximum of 6% income.
The ideas prepared by the MEN were addressed to interministerial arrangements and public consultation. If the main objective of the reform is achieved, namely to strengthen industry education, there will be a chance to compensate for the shortages of staff that are already heavy on the labour market.
The involvement of employers in the training process of future generations depends largely on the simplification of paper science, which, in its current form, is very laborious and takes too much time to employ people for professional practice.
Author:
Rafał Dąbrowski - Senior Manager in the Tax Advisory Department. Lawyer, tax advisor, restructuring advisor. At Russell Bedford in charge of the Department of Tax Advisory. From 2011 It provides advice to leading companies from various sectors of the economy. In particular, he specializes in consulting the steel, fuel, construction, transport, real estate and IT industries. Speaker of conferences and training on tax law. Author of numerous tax-related articles published in the industry press.