Education at a Higher Level in Life Plans of Schoolchildren with Disability who Complete Their Education at a Vocational Level

Over the last decades higher education became a crucial factor increasing the chances of employment. Additionally, the dynamics of changes on the labour market requires a variety of vocational skills from an employee. A contemporary employee ought to incorporate the necessity of work change and retraining into their vision of employment. Labour market analysts point out that people even with good, but narrow qualifications, have potentially the lowest chances of finding a job. If one takes the fact of disability into consideration, these chances are clearly minimising. The key question which should be answered is whether higher education takes an important place in the life plans of people with disability.

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