Guidance in Latvia
Introduction
The goal of guidance and counselling services in Latvia is to help
individuals make choices concerning their education, training and career
planning at different stages of their lives, not only when they are young.
The Ministry of Welfare (MW)
and the Ministry of Education
and Science (MES) share the responsibility for the organisation of guidance
services in the public sector in Latvia. The White Paper on the Career
Development Support System (approved on 26.03.2006.) defines the role and the
responsibilities of governmental authorities. The bodies maintaining educational
institutions, usually municipalities, also share this responsibility to provide
guidance and counselling to youth.
The division of tasks between these two systems is clear. Schools have the main
responsibility for student vocational guidance, and the guidance and counselling
services of employment offices (operating under the supervision of MW), are
available free of charge for persons from the age of 15 who are employed,
looking for work, engaged in or planning learning.
Page last updated:
21 November 2008