Career orientation of young people/ Report from the Albanian Supreme Audit Office: There are no special structures

2025-03-19 18:21:00, Aktualitet CNA

Career orientation of young people/ Report from the Albanian Supreme Audit

A performance audit conducted by the Supreme State Audit Office focuses on the “Career Orientation of Young People in the Pre-University Education System.” The audit assesses that the institutions involved in the process in the hierarchy, from the Ministry of Education to other more peripheral institutions, have not been very effective in this process.

The report emphasizes that in the structure and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Sports, there are no units dedicated to career guidance, which is also reflected in the institution's internal regulations.

"The process of career guidance for students by the responsible institutions of the pre-university education system has not been effective, particularly as a result of the lack of dedicated structures in the responsible institutions. In the structure and organizational structure of the Ministry of Education and Sports, approved by Ministerial Order 30, there are no units dedicated to career guidance, which is also reflected in the internal regulations of the institution," the audit report states.

The report also highlights a problem, such as the lack of staff with specified job descriptions.

"Even in subordinate institutions, the National Agency for Pre-university Education, regional directorates and local offices of pre-university education, there are no separate units for career guidance, but this process is carried out by staff employees appointed by superiors, outside their job description," the report states.

Also, the SAI report emphasizes that there is still a lack of special structures, especially for upper secondary education.

"In higher secondary education institutions, there are no special structures engaged in the administration of the career guidance process, while in Lower Secondary Education this process has begun to be institutionalized with the issuance of the Order of the Minister of Education and Sports No. 600, dated 19.10.2023," the SAI report states./CNA