Germany and Chile intend to expand their co-operation in the raw material and energy sector as well as in the field of vocational education and training.
The Day of the Crafts was held for the fourth time on 20 September 2014. The motto "Pack mit an" (Pitch in) focused on the job opportunities available in the crafts. Sigmar Gabriel, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, used the occasion to encourage young people to pursue the excellent job opportunities in the crafts.
The Know How! AG opened its first foreign office in September 2014, located in the Chaoyang District in Beijing. The Chinese office employs a team of three. The aim of establishing Know How! Software Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd is to offer the company's established quality of e-learning on the Chinese market.
Each year, almost a third of all students leave university without a degree. The federal government and the crafts now want to sponsor pilot projects to facilitate access to vocational education and training for university drop-outs.
Training cooperation between partners from MENA countries and Germany will again be the main focus of the Arab-German Vocational Education and Training Forum, which will take place for the sixth time next year.
On 8 September 2014, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi received Dr. Frank Walter Steinmeier, Foreign Minister of Germany. During the meeting, Foreign Minister Steinmeier conveyed Germany's strong desire to work together with the new Government in India to further expand and deepen bilateral relations.
He welcomed India's decision to accept the invitation of Chancellor Merkel for India to participate in Hannover Messe 2015 as a partner country.
Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) and the APFT Maintenance Training (APFT) aviation school have signed a contract for the training of aviation technicians in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on September 23. Over a period of five years, about 400 trainees from APFT - Maintenance Training will be trained and qualified as aircraft mechanics (CAT A 1.1) according to EASA specifications.
According to the OECD, Germany is still lagging behind other member countries in academics statistics. Furthermore, the majority of students still tend to come from an academic family background. But the Paris-based organisation is full of praise for the country’s vocational education system.
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the government of Germany recently sealed an agreement that seeks to intensify technical vocational education and training (TVET) programmes to prepare skilled graduates for employment.
