News about VET from Germany

Yvonne Gebauer, Schools and Education Minister for the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament, has presented the draft budget for 2022. According to this, the Ministry of Schools and Education budget allows for total expenditure of approximately €20.9 billion, an increase of €445 million on the previous year.

WorldSkills Germany and six partners want to use the "Zukunft braucht Bildung" campaign – which focuses on training’s key role in Germany remaining a strong economic nation – to draw attention to the importance of vocational training and continuing education.

Contract termination rate falls – exam pass rate remains stable 

The InnoVET project "CLOU" funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research supports adaptive and open pathway training and continuing education (German Qualification Framework 5-7) in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. 

Velbert: with mortarboards aloft, 40 graduates from the trade and technical school for social education celebrate their special day. The first "Bachelor Professional in Social Services" qualifications were awarded at Bleibergquelle vocational college.

Masters for good hearing

Whether its grinding, milling or filing, training as an industrial mechanic gives young skilled workers all the metal processing techniques they will need later on in their everyday working lives.

In 2020, 44,800 training qualifications obtained abroad were recognised as fully or partially equivalent to a qualification obtained in Germany.

The modular training and education of South African (TVET) lecturers in mechanical and electrical engineering (TRAINME) project was a successful "train the trainer" project.