News about VET from Germany

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Higher level school leaving certificate — and what now?

A dual course of study, business administration or would training be better? There are approximately 8700 bachelor's degree courses in Germany alone, in addition to 328 training occupations.

The master craftsman is highly respected throughout the world

A trade in hand still finds gold in every land. Training expert, Anna Leonzi Fahlbusch, outlines the value and content of master craftsman training courses.

The country needs master craftsmen

Master craftsmen are the interface between theory and practice, however increasingly few Germans are completing a master craftsman course. The Education Ministry is therefore providing new incentives.

How do I become a pastry cook?

The scent of chocolate in your nostrils and surrounded by sweet treats? The work of the pastry cook sounds tempting. However, if you wish to train as a pastry cook, you must not be afraid of hard work. Discipline and physical strength are required in addition to creativity.

Doubly profitable – infrastructure projects with a training component

Acquirers of innovative technology derive a dual benefit if they are also able to secure appropriate training for their own staff. For this reason, invitations to tender which stipulate the combined import of goods and training services have greater chances of success from the very outset.

Costa Rica's Minister of Foreign Affairs visits the Federal Research Ministry

Federal Research Minister Johanna Wanka and Costa Rica's Minister of Foreign Affairs Manuel González Sanz met in Berlin to discuss cooperation in vocational education and the promotion of Innovation.

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.