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Getting started with vocational training

Recently, 12 of 14 newly accepted scholarship students of the sponsorship programme Begabtenförderung berufliche Bildung (Vocational Training Programme for the Highly Talented) were welcomed at the education centre of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce South Thuringia (IHK).

Monitoring the implementation of the Federal Recognition Act as a contribution to quality assurance

The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) analyses the implementation of the Law to improve the assessment and recognition of foreign professional qualifications. The results of the first phase of analyses have been published in the Report on the Recognition Act of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Monitoring the implementation of the Federal Recognition Act as a contribution to quality assurance

BIBB analyses the implementation of the Law to improve the assessment and recognition of foreign professional qualifications. The results of the first phase of analyses have been published in the Report on the Recognition Act of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

The crafts - a success story thanks to qualification and quality

The Federal Government Representative for the East and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Iris Gleicke, opened this year's Internationale Handwerksmesse (IHM - International Trade Fair for the Crafts) in Munich under the Motto "Können kennt keine Grenzen" (Capability knows no bounds).

Mink Bürsten wins Bundesbildungspreis

Mink Bürsten is the winner of the IHK's first nationwide education prize in the category 50 to 500 employees. Company boss Peter Zimmermann was thrilled. "It is really great that our company has won this prize."

Social inclusion and vocational schools: New research findings

In 2013 the European Training Foundation (ETF) and the experts from the London School of Economics and Political Science completed a research project 'Mapping of VET [vocational education and training] educational policies and practices for social inclusion and social cohesion' in south eastern Europe, Turkey and Israel. Now the ETF has published the cross-country report with findings and recommendations.

Happy university drop-out

Education Minister Wanka advertises for university drop-outs to directly transfer to crafts businesses. Inga, 19, is happy about her fresh start in a practical field. Her vocational training programme is even more than an apprenticeship: she is destined to become the boss.

Skillset and Match - Cedefop's new magazine promoting learning for work

A brand new magazine on vocational education and training is available to read and download.

TÜV Rheinland focuses on vocational continuing education in India

TÜV Rheinland takes over the Indian company NIFE (NIFE Sole Proprietorship). NIFE is a major provider of vocational education, a rapidly growing market in India. Already, NIFE is represented in seven Indian federal states and 70 cities. 300 trainers for vocational training and continuing education work in the fields of optical fibre technology, lift technology, fire control and protection and security engineering.