News about VET from Germany

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.

Volkswagen India started the Mechatronics Apprenticeship Programme at its Academy in the Pune Plant in 2011 as part of the Group's global effort to build industry ready talent to bridge growing skill shortage the world over. In an effort to recognize the outstanding performance and professional competence of key performers in the programme, the Volkswagen Group recently presented its 'Best Apprentice Awards 2016' to 45 young talents from all over the world. Here, Saurabh Sajji from India bagged the 'Best Apprentice Award' in the Mechatronics trade.

College degrees are overvalued in America and the job market could benefit from putting more stock in vocational training and skills, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner said in an interview in San Francisco.

The conventional wisdom in America is that landing a good job requires a degree from a four-year college. But in Germany — where the youth unemployment rate is half that of the U.S. — many students pursue a different path, opting for vocational training programs that set them up for careers directly after graduation.

The Ministry of Finance gave approval to the plan to spend VND 57 billion (USD 2.5 million) to review eight training programmes from Malaysia and hire foreign experts to teach 220 students in pilot classes.

20-year-old machining technician Eva-Maria Wahl won the German championship in CNC milling at the WorldSkills Germany professional competitions. The second and third places were also won by CHIRON employees.

In April 2016, UNESCO adopted a document which underlines the growing global significance of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) and represents an important milestone in terms of increasingly aligning the quality of TVET to the requirements of the world of work.

From mid-2017, a total of 75 young men and women will be given the opportunity to train as service mechatronics at the new Porsche Training and Recruitment Center in South Africa across three academic years. This training will unlock career opportunities for the young adults, not only at Porsche itself, but also with other brands in the Volkswagen (VW) Group.

The European Vocational Education and Training (VET) Week is designed to make vocational training more attractive. The dual system in Germany can serve as a model for countries with high youth unemployment.