News about VET from Germany

The "Wegweiser Bildung" [Signpost for education] team is helping people to understand the German education training system and together with them is developing strategies for school-based and vocational education and training.

According to an OCED study, almost 1 in 5 jobs in the Federal Republic of Germany are threatened by digitalisation. Experts are therefore urgently calling for a new learning culture with continuing vocational education and training forming a natural part of this.

WorldSkills membership is providing a framework for Poland to build a national system of skills competitions.

A new report from WorldSkills Germany details the partnership's successes since it began in 2020.

Since August 2021, Marcus Aust has been supporting the iMOVE contact point in India as a senior consultant specializing in the Indian education and training market. Read his message to German training exporters.

The technology driven development of business models is of great importance for the future of vocational education and training.

Status Quo and Further Development

"Immigration and vocational education and training must be considered in relation to occupations, and practically implemented," appeals training advisor Peter Braune. Only in this way, he explains, can future skilled workers be drawn from among the immigrants. 

Increasing importance of foreign language skills in the world of work