News about VET from Germany

Education minister Tonne sits in on an elderly care class at the DIAKOVERE Vocational Education Centre for Health Occupations.

Training with distinction: The office furniture company Assmann Büromöbel in Berlin has been awarded the Hermann-Schmidt prize for outstanding performance in vocational education and training. "Securing future talent and career development through vocational education and training" was the theme of the annual competition of the "Innovative Vocational Education and Training" association.

The scholarship programme "Trainees in the USA" enables trainees from Bavaria and Hamburg to see their own occupational field abroad from a different perspective.

There is a desperate need for a master craftsmen and women in many skilled crafts occupations. However the route to a master craftsman certificate can be long and arduous - journeymen do, after all, often have to complete their training alongside their career. Good planning and information on the options for financial support are therefore important.

Grant supports young people in continuing education and training.

Freiburg vocational school students visited Isfahan and returned with their impressions and, of course, photos.

The visitors explored dual vocational education and training in Germany as an example to follow in their own country.

The Saarland Ministry of Education and Culture, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Saarland Chamber of Crafts and Trades have agreed a cooperation under which, in future, not only the school-based element of vocational education and training is to be covered by relevant certification, but the cross-border, company-based part of the training is also to benefit.

Learning about skilled trades companies and trying their hand at dog training - all this at the age of just 10 or 11.