The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for strategic and normative steering of vocational education and training (VET) and leads national development. National VET objectives, qualifications structure and core subjects included in them are determined by the government.

The great majority of students in upper secondary and tertiary education in Iceland choose general rather than vocational subjects. In an attempt to increase the number of vocational graduates, educational authorities have made the changing of pathways easier and increased the possibilities of...

This VET policy brief produced by Cedefop presents a snapshot of vocational education and training policy developments in Iceland between 2020 and the beginning of 2023. It presents the context and the challenges the country faces, a selection of the latest VET-related statistics, as well as the...