News about VET from Germany

In co-operation with the Pflegeteam Wentland nursing care enterprise in Rheinbach, the Federal Employment Agency Bonn/Rhein-Sieg hosted a press conference in the context of the action week "Geriatric Nursing" in late October. The aim was to raise awareness for the continuing education and promotion opportunities in the nursing care professions and to provide information regarding occupational retraining and qualification programmes.

In future, the Swedish police force will employ virtual reality training systems to train its officers in the use of remote-controlled vehicles for the investigation and removal of dangerous objects. The systems were recently delivered by szenaris GmbH, a German company specialising in innovative e-learning applications.

Demographic change, the threat of skilled labour shortage and prolongation of working lifetime: vocational education becomes more and more important. Already, professional development training is increasingly an alternative to university entrance qualification and university degree courses.

The Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK) apprenticeship placement exchange now features also a mobile app. Vacant apprenticeship placements can be searched using a smartphone.

In its Vocational Education and Training Report 2013, the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) warned about the development of a "two-class society". Although, due to demographic changes, the labour market has entered into a phase of relaxation, only young people with good school graduation results profit from this.

In its Vocational Education and Training Report 2013, the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB) warned about the development of a "two-class society". Although, due to demographic changes, the labour market has entered into a phase of relaxation, only young people with good school graduation results profit from this.

At the JVA Ravensburg penal institution, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Education and Culture of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg presented new guidelines for secondary and vocational education within the penal system.

iMOVE took part in the workshop "Training Skilled Workers - Encouraging Young People. Innovative Cooperation between Nonprofit Organisations and Enterprises in Vocational Education and Training", held by the Exposure and Dialogue Programme Association and the Don Bosco Mondo Association from 10 to 16 November 2013 in Pune, India.

Tablet computers make possible the optimisation of information processes as well as allowing mobile employees to work and learn while on the go. The "Pro InFo KiN" project was awarded the 1st German Education Prize in the category Innovation.