More than 460 young European trainees and professionals, in the age group from 18 to 25 years, competed against each other in 50 different vocational disciplines. The competition for European titles and best rankings was held for three days in Lisbon, Portugal, from the 9th to 12th December, 2010.
"Girls choose technology" is a project carried out by the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It supports schools in inspiring girls to choose so-called "MINT" subjects in school (MINT stands for mathematics, computer sciences, natural sciences and technology).
Fortuna Dusseldorf, a football club in the 2nd division of the German football league, will cooperate from now on with the IST-Studieninstitut in order to offer its staff members and football players opportunities of vocational qualification in the sports industry.
As part of the education fair didacta, this year's patron, Baden-Württemberg's Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Prof. Dr. Marion Schick, awarded the German education media award "digita 2011" to nine laureates.
Every year, around 60,000 young people leave school without any qualifications. There is a further and growing number of young people who are not considered to be in possession of the necessary apprenticeship entry maturity and who are unable to access the labour market.
Dual courses of study are becoming increasingly popular: in 2010, the number of dual courses of study offered in Germany increased by 12.5 per cent. The rate of increase was more than triple that of the previous year.
