A report recommends the elimination of 1.500 jobs in apprenticeship management.

These organizations, eleven in number which bring together more than 300 professional branches, "have supported the very rapid development of apprenticeship", by setting up "digital tools for companies" and "contract management tools", notes the Igas.

But this development has also resulted in "a very dynamic increase in staff and operating costs and a deterioration in the financial situation of the Opcos", the report continues.

The total workforce of the Opcos has "increased by 13% in four years, going from 5.495 FTE in 2020 to 6.260 in 2024", notes the Igas, while operating costs have increased by 18,5% over the period.

To save money, the Igas recommends, in particular, a "reduction in real estate space" and "greater pooling of information systems".

Furthermore, transferring the management of apprenticeship contracts to the Agency for Services and Payments would generate "savings of around 100 million euros".

Finally, according to the report, the Opcos must do more in terms of "fighting fraud, which is growing rapidly in apprenticeship financing", according to the Igas which stresses that "the economic and budgetary context has deteriorated since the creation of the Opcos" in 2019 and that "apprenticeship is in decline" with in particular the reduction of aid for hiring apprentices for companies.

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