News about VET from Germany

We provide the latest news about vocational training from Germany and international collaboration with German partners.

Filter results

Date from
Date to

Vocational education and training: Germany and Italy work even more closely together

Minister of Education, Johanna Wanka and the Italian Minister for Education Stefania Giannini underline the major significance of vocational education and training. They have extended the corresponding memorandum on cooperation by 3 years.

Vocational education and training is a key factor

Today young people across the world are twice as likely to be unemployed as the rest of the population. This is why the importance of vocational education and training for the qualification of young people is a priority for UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

German Adult Education Conference

Education and training provides the option of remaining

Vocational and higher education move on to the same level

Today, employees wishing to complete continuing education and training struggle to find their way through the many different course formats and qualifications

Master craftsmen celebration

263 new master craftsmen and women are recognized in Lower Franconia

Building German Skills in the Middle East

German training staff are becoming increasingly valued in the Middle East for their vocational education programmes. iMOVE staff members Silvia Niediek and Kristine Schinkmann explain how the synergy is working out well for all concerned. Read an interview conducted by the zenith magazine.

Building bridges in the primary labour market

Standardised certificates make it easier for people with disabilities to find work

The Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce build bridges for improved education and training

From a career route app to a research container, the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) provides €15 million to fund qualification projects for young people

Wanka: Business must do more for refugee training

Ten thousand young refugees should be made ready for the German labour market by means of vocational education and training. The Minister for Education is pleased that some activity is already under way in the skilled crafts. However, Wanka also addresses the problems.