On the occasion of the performance competition of the German skilled crafts, Bavaria's prime minister Horst Seehofer has emphasized the significant value of the dual training system for prosperity and employment in Germany.
The Technical University (TU) Dortmund is designing an e-learning programme for young people that works equally well for apprentices with disabilities. The plan will bring e-learning to apprentices with visual, cognitive, motor and auditory disabilities and others in vocational training in the transport and warehousing sectors of German industry. Barrier-free training will comply with German and international laws and standards.
The German federal government aims at emerging more competitive and stronger from the economic crisis by achieving its education and research policies. According to the coalition treaty the investments in educcation and research will be raised by an additional 12 billion euros within four years. The German government hopes to thus optimize the framework for the promotion of societal potentials.
361,000 young German people receive more financial support in the context of their apprenticeship. These funds are for apprentices who do not earn enough or whose parents do not earn enough to make a living. The increase of the funds adds up to 30.7 million euros.
"Building an Egyptian BIBB" was the request the International Cooperation and Advisory Services Section of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) was commissioned with by the Industrial Training Council (ITC) of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MIT) of Egypt.
The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) has been asked to be the caretaker publisher of the IHVET (International Handbook of Vocational Education and Training) jointly with the University of Magdeburg.
The so-called Country Reports offer a general overview regarding the vocational training systems of the various European countries. A new edition of the country report on Germany “VET in Europe – Country Report Germany 2010“ is now available on the internet.
Current European policy processes in the area of vocational education and training have fuelled demand throughout the EU for comparative data and information on VET. Induction processes and development of career entrants as an indicatior for the output and outcome of educational systems is currently being examined by the Federal Institute of Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) in the research project INDUCT.
