News about VET from Germany

We provide the latest news about vocational training from Germany and international collaboration with German partners.

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German foreign aid is at a record high and rising. Here is how it works.

Germany has reinvented itself three times in 100 years, following World War I, World War II, and the reunification with East Germany.

Master craftsmen course for highly-polished skilled crafts people

Vehicle varnishers face a demanding examination programme at the Coblenz Chamber of Trade.

Advanced education and training for local teachers in Cairo

Regional advanced education and training for local teachers — delivered in English — took place for the second time in Cairo at the end of 2016. The aim of the event format is to broaden the knowledge of quality requirements for teaching in German schools abroad among local teachers who speak little or no German.

Dual system location advantage

Germany has performed very well in international comparisons for many years. This is also due to the dual education and training system. Even the OECD has now acknowledged this.

Chinese delegation visits Vocational College

As part of an international education and training project on the theme of "Vocational Education and Training in Germany", the Willy-Brandt Vocational College welcomed a Chinese delegation of 20 to an information visit lasting several hours.

EuroSkills 2016: German national team proudly receive 21 awards

Team Germany are medallists - EuroSkills 2016 - WorldSkills Germany. A fantastic result - Team Germany travelled to the 5th European Championships with 24 participants - 21 of them were proud recipients of gold, silver or bronze medals or received the medal of excellence for exceptional performance.

Training Ace award ceremony: trainees are all keen to learn from these eleven trainers

Germany's eleven best trainers received the "Training Ace 2016" prize in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. The prize acknowledges the commitment of companies and initiatives that provided particular support for the training of young people.

Nation's best trainees are recognised

The Annual Awards for the nation's best Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) trainees were held today for the 11th time in Berlin. Eric Schweitzer, President of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, and Federal Family Minister Manuela Schwesig presented the certificates and cups to the prize winners.

Apprenticeship systems and VET policy experimentation under the European Alliance for Apprenticeship

The national vocational education and training (VET) authorities from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Luxemburg and Switzerland behind this toolbox formed in 2014 a partnership for the development of a structured and evidence based approach promoting the development of apprenticeship and dual VET systems supporting the European alliance of Apprenticeship and co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme.