The Ministry of National Education has published an amendment to the regulation adapting career guidance to the digital transformation and the new educational infrastructure. The changes place emphasis on hard data and cooperation with Sectoral Skills Centres (BCU).
The amendment introduces systemic changes in three main areas:
- Data-driven approach and monitoring: Career advisers will be required to utilise occupational demand forecasts and graduate career monitoring results (developed by the IBE-PIB) in their work with pupils. This aims to provide students with a reliable basis for making educational decisions.
- Cooperation with BCUs and business: The new regulations integrate Sectoral Skills Centres (BCUs) into the system, designating them as key venues for vocational visits. Schools will also be obliged to develop guidance programmes in collaboration with local employers or chambers of commerce.
- Future skills: The updated curriculum will cover, among other things, the impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market, the use of digital recruitment tools, and remote working. The regulation also provides for greater parental involvement in the guidance process, for example through the organisation of workshops.
- The new regulation is due to enter into force on 1 September 2026. The exception concerns provisions facilitating the earlier implementation of activities in BCUs and with employers, which will enter into force on the day following the announcement of the act.