News about VET from Germany

For years, the privately run Eckert Schools have been setting standards in vocational education and training. Now, the "corporation of knowledge" wants to become the largest private provider of education in Germany.

A joint inclusion initiative for more in-company vocational education and employment of people with disabilities, which is part of the German federal government's National Action Plan for implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, has recently been agreed upon.

Trade entrepreneur Johannes Demmelhuber from Upper Bavaria has been awarded the 2013 "Heribert Späth Prize for special vocational education and training achievements in the crafts". Demmelhuber has developed vocational education and training in his business to become a veritable brand, which is well known amongst youths, parents and teachers in the region.

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck attended the two-day Indo German Conference on "How to Tackle the Skills Mismatch in India - A Company Driven Approach" at the Infosys Campus in Bangalore, Karnataka.

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck attended the two-day Indo German Conference on "How to Tackle the Skills Mismatch in India - A Company Driven Approach" at the Infosys Campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

James Calleja, the new head of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), demands a departure from the fixation on a university course as an ideal of education and professional training.

During a career guidance project week, an information event regarding the dual system of vocational education and training was hosted at the Markgrafen Realschule in Emmendingen. Thanks to the BBQ initiative (Vocational Education Qualification) four young vocational education and training ambassadors from the region were asked to tell the ninth grade students about their professional careers.

Vocational education and training continues to be an export hit in the crafts. Already in 2012, a delegation of trainers from the Brazilian SENAI Institute visited the education academy of the Chamber of Crafts Ulm in Friedrichshafen in order to gather information regarding quality standards in the German vocational education and training system and to learn about its main features. Now, the academy again welcomed trainers as guests.

Last autumn, more than 30 individuals entered into working life at the vocational education and training division at the Duisburg Werkstatt für Menschen mit Behinderung (Workshop for People with Disabilities).