Romania Launches Quality Assurance Mechanism for Vocational Training Work-Based Learning
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The National Centre for TVET Development (NCTVETD) developed a comprehensive quality assurance and monitoring mechanism for work-based learning (WBL) in initial vocational education and training (IVET) between June and November 2025. The mechanism includes quality assurance methodology, assessment tools, monitoring visits to company premises, and a four-tier reporting system spanning local, county, regional, and national levels. The mechanism will be piloted in the 2026/27 school year in 840 companies offering WBL, with 420 teachers from 210 IVET providers receiving training from March through June 2026.
“The mechanism establishes a systemic, bottom-up approach by actively involving key stakeholders, including IVET teachers and schools, county-level school representatives, employers, social partners, and national authorities.”
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Romania's National Centre for TVET Development has developed a comprehensive quality assurance and monitoring mechanism for work-based learning in initial vocational education and training. The mechanism establishes quality assurance standards at both national and local (company) levels, includes methodology and assessment tools for teachers and company tutors, requires monitoring visits to company premises, and creates a reporting system across four administrative tiers. Training for 420 teachers from 210 IVET providers commenced in March 2026 and runs through June 2026. For employers and vocational training providers in Romania, this initiative signals increasing regulatory attention to the quality of workplace-based training. Companies offering WBL placements should anticipate participation in the 2026/27 pilot program and potential future quality standards requirements under the national rollout.
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20 APR 2026 News National news
Romania: mechanism on quality assurance and monitoring of IVET work-based learning
Between June and November 2025, the National Centre for TVET Development (NCTVETD), in its role as Romania’s reference point for the European Quality Assurance Framework for Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET), developed a mechanism for the quality assurance and monitoring of work-based learning (WBL) in initial vocational education and training (IVET).
The aim of the mechanism is to ensure that the practical training provided to IVET learners facilitates the acquisition of both technical and transversal competences. The training should take place in an appropriate work environment, with adequate equipment, benefit from strong professional guidance, and align with labour market needs and standards.
The mechanism establishes a systemic, bottom-up approach by actively involving key stakeholders, including IVET teachers and schools, county-level school representatives, employers, social partners, and national authorities.
The new mechanism includes:
- a methodology for quality assurance and monitoring of WBL provided within IVET at provider premises;
- tools for quality assurance, assessment, and monitoring to be used by teachers coordinating WBL in cooperation with company tutors;
- quality assurance standards for WBL at both national (system) and local (company) levels;
- monitoring visits to company premises;
- a reporting system at local, county, regional, and national levels. The mechanism will be piloted in the 2026/27 school year in 840 companies offering WBL, prior to its national rollout.
In March 2026, NCTVETD began training 420 teachers from 210 IVET providers. The training will continue until June 2026 and will allow teachers coordinate practical training at the school level, thereby improving the quality assurance and monitoring of WBL.
The development of this comprehensive mechanism took place within the project Increasing IVET relevance by anticipating labour market training needs (2024-2027), which is co-financed by the European Union through the Education and Employment Programme.
| Please cite this news item as: ReferNet Romania, & Cedefop (2026, April 20th). Romania: mechanism on quality assurance and monitoring of IVET work-based learning. National news on VET |
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News type National news Source ReferNet Romania Related Country Romania Related Theme Delivering VET and qualifications VET and qualifications across borders VET policies and systems Related Project Monitoring and analysing VET policies in Europe VET systems in Europe Related Network ReferNet Related online tool VET in Europe database Timeline of VET policies in Europe Keywords Quality of education and training Vocational education and training Work-based learning
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