News about VET from Germany

The COACHING4FUTURE programme is proof of just how creative people can be when working in the STEM disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. For 10 years, young STEM experts at higher-level secondary schools across Baden-Württemberg have been inspiring others and generating enthusiasm for technical occupations and new technologies.

A foundation is campaigning for high-quality training in Africa. Four teachers are now coming to Germany to receive training themselves.

She wants to make 2019 the "Year of Vocational Education and Training". It is particularly important to Anja Karliczek is that skilled craft and university-based education and training are valued as equivalents.

In June 2019, iMOVE will once again host a 3-day staff meeting of the iMOVE offices in China and India as well as the contact point Iran at the iMOVE headquarters in Bonn.

All of them start with a permanent contract for the future.

"If you want to go fast, walk alone - if you want to go far, walk together." This guiding principle was often heard at the German-African Business Summit in Accra, Ghana. The business summit took place from 11 to 13 February 2019. iMOVE participated in a discussion forum and promoted "Training – Made in Germany".

The German Federal Parliament has passed the Qualification Opportunities Act with a large majority.

A delegation accompanying Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, a minister from the Malaysian state of Sarawak in Southeast Asia, recently visited the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) East Brandenburg in order to sign off an exchange programme for trainees.

The dual system of education and training is increasingly gaining significance in Ecuador. The Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) Aachen has been committed, as part of a vocational education and training partnership, to establishing this since 2012.