School and vocational education in Europe is as diverse as the number of EU Member States. In the field of school education, the degree of success of the individual systems can be determined by the PISA study. In the field of vocational education, there are the so-called WorldSkills.
The TÜV Rheinland Akademie receives the Comenius EduMedia Seal for its e-learning continuing education course for quality assurance representatives. The seal is awarded by the GPI - Society for Paedagogics and Information and is regarded as an award for special multimedia innovations in the field of vocational education and training.
The compatibility of family and career is an important social topic that is increasingly also on the minds of employers. In the previous 12 months, 322 companies, institutions and universities successfully completed the berufundfamilie audit (for businesses) or, respectively, the familiengerechte hochschule audit (for universities).
The Brandenburg Agriculture Ministry regularly focuses on a sponsorship project that is funded from out of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The project from the month of July demonstrates the EAFRD's scope of opportunities for supporting vocational education and training in rural areas.
"I hope that one time they will say about us and our age: they treated our planet's resources responsibly; they sought and found new ways", said Prof. Waltraud 'Wara' Wende, Education Minister of the Federal State of Schleswig-Holstein, on occasion of the ten-year anniversary of the co-operation between the federal state and Siemens AG in providing continuing education for teachers at vocational colleges.
Increase the permeability within the educational system: this is what the parliamentary groups of CDU/CSU and SPD demand in a joint application. The parliamentary groups moreover want the German Bundestag to campaign for the equality of vocational and academic education and to further develop the National Pact for Vocational Training and Young Skilled Staff 2010-2014 into the Alliance for Vocational Training and Continuing Education.
Many youngsters feel an increased passion for playing football in the wake of the World Cup. Students from the University of Hanover use the sportive ambition of problem pupils to train them and help them in graduating from school.
The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs has honoured five outstanding innovative networks for ensuring the skilled labour base in the regions during the 3rd Innovation Day hosted at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft (House of German Industry).
The continuing education scholarship "Stiftung für Begabtenförderung" (Foundation for Support for the Gifted and Talented) for young career entrants was established more than 20 years ago. Since then, more than 96,000 young professionals in Germany have profited from the support towards their professional qualification.
