In the district of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) of Magdeburg, 40 young vocational training graduates from the commerce, service or industry sector, were accepted for "scholarships for vocational education".
According to the Minister of Labour, Integration and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia, "vocational and academic education are of equal value, this must become much clearer with regard to degrees."
Approximately 150,000 young people start their careers without any kind of training qualification every year. If Germany succeeded in halving this number, approximately 1.5 billion euros could be saved per age cohort regarding follow-up costs.
Many new professions with bright prospects are still unknown among German employees, as illustrated in a current Forsa survey by the Berlin University for Professional Studies.
According to the Minister of Education and Arts of Baden-Wuerttemberg, the new award clearly demonstrates the attractiveness of core elective courses for the economy.
Edeka is Germany's biggest training provider with 16,000 trainees in 30 different jobs. Boys and girls from a local high school had the opportunity to take part in an information event at the Erkrath branch store.
