The mission of the Regional Centre of Competence in Vocational Education in Mechanical Engineering – Industry 4.0 is to provide relevant vocational education and training with particular emphasis on work-based learning, innovation and labour market needs, by connecting all key stakeholders in line with development strategies at local, regional, national and international level.
The schools of Zagreb County, joined in a partnership, manage resources together and promote the integration of technologies and knowledge in mechanical engineering into a comprehensive Industry 4.0 concept and a unified approach to the development of vocational education in the region.
Among other things, the RCK – Industry 4.0 programme ensures the inclusion of students with disabilities in curricula and work-based learning, with adapted classrooms, teaching aids and a workshop for these students and for adults in lifelong learning programmes.
The Regional Centre of Competence – Industry 4.0 must:
- support and enable secondary vocational education and adult training in line with the needs of the labour market and the economy of Zagreb County and the wider region;
- through partnership and the school network, connect the vocational schools of Zagreb County with one another and with higher education and research institutions and all other labour market stakeholders, with the aim of developing applied research and innovation;
- be a place and a platform for connecting key and competent stakeholders in order to shape the education process in secondary vocational education and lifelong learning in line with the development strategies of Zagreb County and the needs of the economy;
- ensure the improvement and development of the technical, technological, pedagogical and andragogical competences of human resources in secondary vocational education in Zagreb County, the Republic of Croatia and the wider region.