News about VET from Germany

How can (and must) a national vocational education and training agency be structured in order to foster a sustainable TVET system? GOVET has been working on behalf of the BMBF to advise the Ghanaian Commission for TVET on organisational development and to lay down important markers for the future.

Germany's vocational education system has long been envied but there is an increasing shortage of apprentices. The implications for the wider economy are profound.

Afro-German startups are particularly fascinating on account of their different stories and backgrounds. Three interesting ideas presented. 

A good vocational education is the foundation for a successful working life – important facts and figures about Germany.

The digital transformation is both impacting everyday training and work at companies and presenting trainers with new challenges. The continuing training concept "Media and IT competency for training staff (MIKA)" supports trainers with deploying digital technologies in teaching and learning processes and helps them develop personal competencies via guided practically related exercises in face-to-face sessions, webinars and phases of self-directed learning.

No two organs are the same since each one is individually made for the architectural space in which it is intended to ring out. Organ builders are specialists in a trade which builds on centuries of experience and combines traditional craft techniques with the latest technologies. Organ builder is clearly one of the musical instrument-making training occupations which attracts considerable interest.

Siemens Stiftung and Ghanaian social enterprise BLUETOWN launch AccessSTEM to enable access to high-quality Open Educational Resources (OERs) in semi-urban Ghana. The collaboration enables up to 5,000 teachers to connect to BLUETOWN's infrastructure and access digital learning and teaching materials on the local cloud. 

Vocational training in Germany is recognised worldwide. You can discover how it works here.

Training and teaching staff play a crucial role in young people's transition from school to the world of work. Studies and field reports provide evidence of just how important training staff are for the quality of vocational education and training and for the learning experience of trainees.