News about VET 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.

Theresa Boyle serves as Project Lead for Porsche's international training initiative, PAVE – a program dedicated to promoting social responsibility and securing the next generation of skilled professionals.

Targeted strategic cooperation with multilateral organizations and regional partners worldwide will strengthen Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). What exactly is behind the "Towards a Global TVET Agenda" Initiative?

This is not only the case in Rwanda. Young professionals from technical careers have valuable skills after completing their training, but remain invisible to potential employers and customers. A simple measure was introduced to remedy this situation: 32 young professionals were given overalls with their occupation and contact details printed on them – with positive results.

Kenya has officially launched the National Dual Training Policy to transform technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and boost youth employability. Its development was supported by the Governments of Finland and Germany.

An interview with Dirk Schaefermeyer from the Central Association of Opticians and Optometrists was conducted in written form in April 2025.