News about VET from Germany

The State Government has joined forces with representatives from the employers' trade and industry associations and the Federal Employment Agency to sign a "Pact for Vocational Education and Training". This initiative is intended to build upon the "Alliance for strong vocational education and training in Bavaria", which was originally established in 2014.

Federal funding for best-performing trainees.

Positive evaluation of indicators relating to vocational education and training.

HIBB and Chamber of Commerce to present first certificates for stays abroad.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Special Representative for Africa was in Mauritius for the eLearning Africa conference, where he revealed the scale of German support for digital education. Chancellor Merkel has long believed in the importance of technology in education-based development aid for Africa, but the increased scale of German involvement was only made clear at eLearning Africa.

In an article in the renowned Wall Street Journal of 8 September 2016 ("Germany offers a promising jobs model"), the American labour market economist Edward Lazear and the IAB researcher Simon Janssen recommend that the US introduce a dual vocational training system following the German example. The US economist Erik A. Hanushek clearly objected to this in another article in the Wall Street Journal ("German-Style Apprenticeships Simply Can't Be Replicated"). Reason enough for the editorial team of IAB-Forum to inquire with Simon Janssen.

All across Germany, 645 young adults started their training at the logistics company DACHSER.

On the current training figures, the career potential offered by the craft trades sector, opportunities for refugees, and the election promise to pay the course and examination fees of successful master craftsman candidates.

Projects such as Ina and "Trade and industry integrates" aim to provide them with the right preparation. Over 700 migrants are training in a craft trades occupation.