Identifying the challenges of the secondary education system and its relationship with the labor market

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1 Master's student, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan,

3 . Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of research was to identify the challenges of the secondary education system and its relationship with the labor market and to provide a solution. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach. The statistical population was experts, managers the country in the field of connection between education and the labor market in 2022-03, and 13 people were selected according to the principle of theoretical saturation with the purposeful sampling method. The results of the challenges led to the identification of 46 basic themes, 13 organizing themes, which include organizational factors in the form of 4 global themes (unproductive teaching and learning process, weak structure of occupational education guidance regulations, lack of vocational education needs assessment); human factors (problems related to administrators, problems related to counselors, problems related to teachers, problems related to parents, problems related to students, problems related to educational planners); Trans-organizational factors (existence of educational gap, educational injustice, socio-cultural poverty) and economic and physical factors (financial and infrastructure problems). Also, in the review of solutions to solve the existing challenges, 45 basic themes and 13 organizing themes were identified, which in the form of 5 global themes include the development of a road map for vocational education guidance (revision of educational laws, education based on practical ability and entrepreneurship, communicating with groups Reference); Individual improvement of students ; Improving the quality of teaching and learning methods ); Strengthening the effectiveness of educational actors , improving the performance of managers) and government support (financial and physical development).

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Journal of Educational Planning Studies
Volume 12, Issue 23
July 2023
Pages 193-209

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  • Receive Date: 01 January 2024
  • Revise Date: 18 February 2024
  • Accept Date: 16 March 2024

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