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Apprenticeships and vocational education and training (VET) in Slovenia: 1 apprenticeship scheme · 52 VET policies (12 on apprenticeship) · 80 indicators with data · 24 open datasets.

Apprenticeship schemes

Slovenia has 1 mainstream apprenticeship scheme in Cedefop's European database on apprenticeship schemes.

Apprenticeship pathway

Vajeniška oblika izobraževanja

Slovenia reintroduced apprenticeship in 2017: at least half of the three-year programme takes place with an employer, with chamber-registered contracts and rising allowances.

Education level
Upper secondary (EQF 4)
Duration
3 yrs
Time at the workplace
Around half — ≥50% in the training company, ≥40% at school
Apprentice compensation
Allowance
Pay (as stated)
Minimum apprenticeship allowance EUR 309–495/month by year (2025), employer-paid plus expenses
Apprentices
694 students with agreements (2025/26)
Qualification
Upper secondary vocational certificate, EQF 4

Source: Cedefop — European database on apprenticeship schemes. Cedefop's coded answers (filters and the comparison matrix) are imported directly from the 2026 fiches. The short descriptions (overview, duration, learners, pay) were condensed by hand and checked against the fiche text on 2026-10-01. The official fiches remain authoritative.

Key figures

Latest value for Slovenia on the main measures of vocational education and work-based learning, with the EU-27 figure for the same year where one is published. Select an indicator for its map, ranking, trend and downloads.

IndicatorSloveniaEU-27Year
Recent VET graduates who had work-based learningEurostat · tps0021572.0%66.0%2025
Share of upper-secondary VET pupils in work-based programmesEurostat; calculation by Apprentix · educ_uoe_enrs040.4%—2010
Pupils in combined school- and work-based upper-secondary VETEurostat · educ_uoe_enrs04260 pupils—2010
IVET students as % of all upper secondary studentsCedefop · KIVET 101070.0%49.4%2024
Employment rate of recent VET graduatesEurostat · edat_lfse_2477.6% u80.1%2025
Employment premium for recent IVET graduates (over general stream) (%)Cedefop · KIVET 2090a13.7% u17.5%2020
Employment rate of adults with vocational vs general upper-secondary qualifications (OECD)Vocational upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education; From 25 to 64 yearsOECD79.1%—2025
Enterprises employing initial-VET participantsEurostat · trng_cvt_34s26.0% of enterprises32.4% of enterprises2020
IVET learners who benefitted from a learning mobility abroad (%)Cedefop · KIVET 10267.2%2.2% dV2021
Erasmus+ VET mobility projectsEuropean Commission (DG EAC / EACEA), Erasmus+ project results · ErasmusPlus_KA162 projects6,890 projects2025
Early leavers from education and training (%)Cedefop · KIVET 30105.5%9.1%2025
NEET rate for 15-29 year-olds (%)Cedefop · KIVET 30307.6%11.0%2025

Sources: Eurostat (CC-BY-4.0); Eurostat; calculation by Apprentix (CC-BY-4.0); Cedefop (CC-BY-4.0); OECD (CC-BY-4.0); European Commission (DG EAC / EACEA), Erasmus+ project results (CC-BY-4.0). Totals only (default breakdown). Letters after a value are the publisher's flags; hover for their meaning.

More indicators

68 further indicators have data for Slovenia, each with a map, ranking, trend and downloads.

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Recent apprenticeship policies

Cedefop and ReferNet track 52 VET policies in Slovenia since 2015, of which 12 concern apprenticeship or work-based learning. The most recently reported:

  1. Programme document for development planning until 2033Strategy/Action plan · Completed (2025)
  2. The Modernisation of technical and vocational education under the Slovenian NRRP (2021-26)Practical measure/Initiative · Implementation phase (2025)
  3. Training for refugeesPractical measure/Initiative · Implementation phase (2025)
  4. Promoting VET to learnersPractical measure/Initiative · Implementation phase (2025)
  5. Training for the elderly, long-term unemployed and low-skilledPractical measure/Initiative · Implementation phase (2025)
  6. Response to the COVID-19 outbreak in SloveniaPractical measure/Initiative · Discontinued (2022)
  7. Competence centres for human resource development (2019-22)Practical measure/Initiative · Completed (2022)
  8. Reform of upper-secondary education projectPractical measure/Initiative · Completed (2021)

Source: Cedefop & ReferNet — Timeline of VET policies in Europe (2025 update) (CC-BY-4.0).

Open datasets

24 open datasets on apprenticeship and VET from Slovenia are listed on Europe's open-data portals, 19 of them specifically about apprenticeship.

Source: data.europa.eu — the official portal for European data (search API) (EC-reuse). Each dataset keeps its own licence.

Sources and licences

Apprenticeship schemes
Cedefop — European database on apprenticeship schemes. Cedefop's legal notice: reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged, save where otherwise stated. Fiches also credit national ReferNet experts. Read 2026-10-01.
Key figures
Eurostat (CC-BY-4.0); Eurostat; calculation by Apprentix (CC-BY-4.0); Cedefop (CC-BY-4.0); OECD (CC-BY-4.0); European Commission (DG EAC / EACEA), Erasmus+ project results (CC-BY-4.0).
Policies
Cedefop & ReferNet — Timeline of VET policies in Europe (2025 update). CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Cedefop, & ReferNet. (2026). Timeline of VET policies in Europe (2025 update): Research dataset [Data set].
Open datasets
data.europa.eu — the official portal for European data (search API). Catalogue metadata: European Commission reuse notice (Decision 2011/833/EU). Each dataset keeps its own licence, shown per entry.
Last updated
2026-10-01

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