According to the president of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), Hans Heinrich Driftmann, "the German apprenticeship market is in surprisingly good shape."
The future of the catering trade depends on qualified employees. Therefore, the German region Oberfranken with many good hotels and restaurants promotes vocational training for cooks and hospitality experts.
The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic (KMK) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) meet the challenge of the demographic change.
The training of professional competencies and the qualification of expert staff in practice-oriented training programmes are at the core of GECC’s activities, which has been opened on the premises of the German Centre Shanghai in May 2010 under the auspices of the Bavarian Minister of Economy Martin Zeil.
German companies observe that training offers in combination with additional qualifications as well as dual study programmes will remain very attractive for trainees in the future.
German schools in Equador, China and the Philippines won the competition "Students build bridges worldwide" for their work in the fields of dual vocational training, environmental protection and social responsibility.
The Federal Government supports the transition from school to vocational training or to university studies. Special programmes specifically aim at reducing the number of young people without school leaving certificate by 50 per cent.
The University of Applied Sciences Südwestfalen and Siemens Professional Education (SPE) offer integrated qualification for future information technology specialists. The four-year programme prepares young people for a wide range of employment opportunities in the IT sector.
