News about VET from Germany

For many years now, the industry and the unions have been advocating the opening of universities for master craftsmen and qualified professionals without A-levels. This effort seems to yield first results, for the number of first-time students without a university entrance qualification has skyrocketed. However, the situation is very different in the respective federal states.

"Pupils build bridges worldwide": The German School Alexandria, the German International School Seoul and the German Embassy School Teheran were honoured in Berlin as the winners of this year's Chambers of Industry and Commerce German Schools Abroad Competition.

Enhancing permeability between vocational training and higher education requires target-group-specific transition management.

The importance of quality and quality assurance in vocational education and training will continue to grow.

Recently the OECD criticised the quality of initial vocational education and training (IVET) in America and recommended that Americans should take a look at dual systems of IVET, as practised in Germany and Switzerland for example.

Recently the OECD criticised the quality of initial vocational education and training (IVET) in America and recommended that Americans should take a look at dual systems of IVET, as practised in Germany and Switzerland for example.

During a recent visit of several days in Lörrach, the vocational school Gewerbeschule Lörrach and the Trakya University in Edirne, Turkey agreed to further intensify their cooperation.

With 570 apprenticeship placements and a range of occupational training and continuing education measures, the clinic is one of the largest providers of vocational training and education in the Swabian region.

Ernst Burgbacher, Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology and Federal Government Commissioner for SMEs and Tourism, has awarded the title of "Bundeslogo Kompetenzzentrum" to the Competence Centre for Technology and Innovation Management of the Upper Franconia Chamber of Crafts in Bayreuth.