VET Learner and Teacher Wellbeing

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VET Learner and Teacher Wellbeing

How well are learners and teachers coping in VET? What does this mean for the future? Wellbeing is emerging as a key policy concern across Europe. As pressures related to mental health, safety, and digital wellbeing intensify, countries are responding with new measures. This Insight is part of a series drawing on evidence from the Timeline of VET policies in Europe. It presents findings from Cedefop’s monitoring and analysis of EU priorities.

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Learner and teacher wellbeing in vocational education and training (VET) is a multidimensional concept encompassing physical and mental health, social belonging, and the conditions that enable learning, motivation and professional growth. Having come into focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, wellbeing gained stronger attention in the 2025 Herning Declaration on attractive and inclusive VET.

It is pushed by wider challenges such as declining learner performance, early leaving, worsening youth mental health. Transition between school and workplace settings in VET poses additional challenge. Teacher wellbeing is one of the factors leading to teacher shortages.

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