News about VET from Germany

India and Germany announced a significant expansion of cooperation in higher education, skilling, student mobility and cultural exchanges, placing people-to-people ties at the centre of their growing strategic partnership

In Skenderaj, the dual education system inspired by the German model is bringing concrete results for young people. Just three years after the program's launch, 99% of students who have completed vocational education already have job contracts with local companies.

The online publication "Education and training in the EU - facts and figures" provides the most recent data on education and training.

Unemployment remains Kenya's most persistent challenge, as the labor market can no longer absorb millions of young people trained according to traditional models. New structures could support the transition to the modern world of work. Germany's strong vocational training system shows one possible way forward.

The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced plans to empower at least 7 million youths with dual vocational training and digital skills development programmes. Youth Development Minister Ayodele Olawande announced this in novembre 2025 when he hosted a delegation of the IHK Giessen-Friedberg Chambers of Commerce and Industry from Germany.

The booming tourism sector on Kenya's coast is facing a growing demand for qualified specialists in technical fields. Around Skills gap to close this gap, the Tui Academy of the German tour operator Tui, in cooperation with the Severin Craftsman Training Center in Mombasa, has launched a three-year training program.

Rohan Gupta from India wants to train an electronics technician in Germany.We explain how he will get here. 

On 7 November 2025, Kongirotboy Sharipov, Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation of Uzbekistan, met with Anna Bernsmeier, Director of the Goethe-Institut, and Tanja Olbrich, Head of the Eastern and Central Asia Department. The meeting focused on teaching the German language in Uzbekistan, improving teacher qualifications, providing educational institutions with textbooks and technical resources, and VET.

At the end of October 2025, Vocational Education and Training (VET) institutions from around 15 countries met in Rio de Janeiro for the Alliance for dual VET in Latin America and the Caribbean conference. The conference provided a platform for voices from practice, employers, and science.