In an interview with the monthly publication by the Deutscher Beamtenbund (German Association of Civil Servants), "dbb magazin", Johanna Wanka spoke about the dual system of vocational education and training, about immigrants in the public service sector and why federalism offers advantages.
The Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016 finds countries need higher productivity to address sluggish global growth and persistent high unemployment
The United Nations, the German Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) and a Chinese hi-tech company, are starting an Internet learning platform in the 24 million inhabitant city of Shanghai. This platform will offer all interested parties a wide range of open, online courses - so-called MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses).
German economy depends on a skilled labour force. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has recently revised several training regulations to respond to continually changing skill demands.
In August, the Saarland Ministers for Education, Ulrich Commerçon, and Economic Affairs, Anke Rehlinger, opened the German-French vocational college programme in the automotive field at the vocational college in Sankt Ingbert, which will be launched in the coming training year in co-operation with the Lorrain partnering school Lycée Professionnel Régional André Citroën in Marly.
UNESCO has recently published the third volume of its Education on the Move series, a series dedicated to the analysis of key trends in education with the hope of inspiring dialogue among policy makers, educators and other key stakeholders on the challenges of education for tomorrow.
The retail industry in Germany has further expanded its provision of apprenticeship placements. This is the result of current figures published by the German Federal Employment Agency.
