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