Training cooperation between partners from MENA countries and Germany will again be the main focus of the Arab-German Vocational Education and Training Forum, which will take place for the sixth time next year.
On 8 September 2014, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi received Dr. Frank Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister of Germany. During the meeting, Foreign Minister Steinmeier conveyed Germany's strong desire to work together with the new Government in India to further expand and deepen bilateral relations.
He welcomed India's decision to accept the invitation of Chancellor Merkel for India to participate in Hannover Messe 2015 as a partner country.
Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) and the APFT Maintenance Training (APFT) aviation school have signed a contract for the training of aviation technicians in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 23. Over a period of five years, about 400 trainees from APFT - Maintenance Training will be trained and qualified as aircraft mechanics (CAT A 1.1) according to EASA specifications.
According to the OECD, Germany is still lagging behind other member countries in academics statistics. Furthermore, the majority of students still tend to come from an academic family background. But the Paris-based organisation is full of praise for the country’s vocational education system.
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the government of Germany recently sealed an agreement that seeks to intensify technical vocational education and training (TVET) programmes to prepare skilled graduates for employment.
Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) and the APFT Maintenance Training (APFT) aviation school have signed a contract for the training of aviation technicians in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 23 September. Over a period of five years, about 400 trainees from APFT will be trained and qualified as aircraft mechanics (CAT A1) according to EASA specifications.
On 30 July an international campaign to promote the "Recognition in Germany" portal abroad was launched by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
The steering committee of the "Bündnis Duale Berufausbildung" (Dual System Vocational Education and Training Alliance) has met for the first time during an inaugural event.
The Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Government Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Iris Gleicke, has stressed the importance of vocational education and training for the German industry during the topping out ceremony for the Campus Handwerk (Crafts Campus) in Bielefeld.
