News about VET from Germany

The Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, and Minister-President of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Malu Dreyer, have signed a bilateral agreement in Luxembourg on cross-border cooperation in vocational education and training.

Following a three-year training programme, precisely 183 trainees in hearing aid acoustics from all over Germany recently passed their final apprenticeship exam at the Academy of Hearing Aid Acoustics, thus achieving journeyman status as qualified apprentices.

On 15 March 2018, 17 young people received their training and IHK (Chamber of Industry and Commerce) certificates at ZEISS in Jena.

According to the Federal Employment Agency (BA), the training market is in balance – but only theoretically.

Each of the new graduates will have a total of €7200 available to spend on continuing education over the next three years.

Rabe car dealerships inspire young people on a company tour with a difference – the guide is an app.

An overview for practitioners and Vocational Education and Training experts.

In April, iMOVE held a 3-day staff meeting of the iMOVE offices in China, India and Iran, which took place at the iMOVE headquarters in Bonn.

Germany's dual vocational education and training could serve as an example for other European countries in order to fight youth unemployment.