News about VET from Germany

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Partner in China

The Eduard Spranger Vocational College (ESBK) currently prepares to reciprocate the recent visit of a group of pupils and teachers from the Huaxia Vocational Education Centre in Qingdao (China) with a visit to China in the coming spring.

"Germany is Handmade" - September 3, 2011 was the Day of Crafts and Trade!

Each day everybody uses countless services provided by the crafts and trade. Be it in the morning while having a shower, during breakfast, on the way to work, in the pursuit of leisure activities and even while sleeping. To this end, almost five million craftspeople from about a million businesses perform with top efficiency every day.

Worlddidac Quality Charter assigned to dp

The language specialist digital publishing (dp) has been awarded the well-respected Worlddidac Quality Charter (WQC). The Worlddidac Association awards this exclusive seal of quality to enterprises from the international educational industry.

Enthusiastic about learning kitchen

With the words "Da jia hao! Wo hen gao xing", Ulrich Scheckenbach, certified teacher of commercial studies at the Georg Kerschensteiner School, now welcomed a delegation of fourteen Chinese teachers from vocational training schools in the People's Republic of China.

Vocational training in the field of health care

Given the background of the impending shortage of skilled medical care personnel, the corporate group of clinics Vivantes now intends to provide improved vocational training opportunities also for young people holding a certificate of secondary education.

President praises Festo

During his visit to the Esslingen-based company Festo, Federal German President Christian Wulff has identified the provision of vocational and continuing training for young people as a guarantee for entrepreneurial success.

100,000 Euros for practice-oriented vocational training

The Vocational Training Center (BBZ) / Education Center Fulda has received a brand-new AUDI Q7 worth 100,000 euros for training purposes. In addition to this vehicle equipped to the highest standards of technology, the centre was provided with the necessary measuring instruments.

Special Focus: Indo-German dialogue on VET expanded

As India moves rapidly towards achieving ambitious economic and social targets, skills development will be critical for ensuring success as a knowledge economy. The challenge magnifies for India due to unprecedented issues of scalability and multiple challenges in implementation. It is projected that 500 million people will require training to join India's workforce by 2022.

School system abroad is centre of attention at first International Educational Festival in Berlin

Representatives from the world of politics, the economy, culture and education both from home and abroad followed the invitation by the Foreign Office to meet at the Allianz Stiftungsforum in Berlin in order to discuss the potential of the German school system abroad.