At the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the "Training Ace" award was presented to Germany's eleven best trainers. The aim of the "Training Ace" award is to support and recognise outstanding commitment shown in preparing young people for professional life.
A Polish delegation has spent a week in the Saarland finding out about the dual system of vocational education and training. It is to become a model for vocational education and training in Poland.
A study entitled "Training or degree? - How companies can support upper secondary school leavers with career orientation" by the Centre of Excellence for securing the supply of skilled labour, and funded by the Department for Economic Affairs, shows that many upper secondary school leavers assess career opportunities with a training certificate as significantly worse than with a degree.
The aid organisation "Menschen für Menschen - Karlheinz Böhm Äthiopienhilfe" has created 600 new training positions as a result of the construction of a new vocational education training centre in Ethiopia.
The "super Trainees" from the 2016/2017 winter examination and the 2017 summer examination received their well-earned recognition at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce's celebration of best trainees.
Company-based training or (dual) course of study in the region: Future upper secondary school leavers from Friesland and Wilhelmshaven were able to find out about career pathways on the Jade-Bay GmbH job buses.
