Increase the permeability within the educational system: this is what the parliamentary groups of CDU/CSU and SPD demand in a joint application. The parliamentary groups moreover want the German Bundestag to campaign for the equality of vocational and academic education and to further develop the National Pact for Vocational Training and Young Skilled Staff 2010-2014 into the Alliance for Vocational Training and Continuing Education.
Many youngsters feel an increased passion for playing football in the wake of the World Cup. Students from the University of Hanover use the sportive ambition of problem pupils to train them and help them in graduating from school.
The Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs has honoured five outstanding innovative networks for ensuring the skilled labour base in the regions during the 3rd Innovation Day hosted at the Haus der Deutschen Wirtschaft (House of German Industry).
The continuing education scholarship "Stiftung für Begabtenförderung" (Foundation for Support for the Gifted and Talented) for young career entrants was established more than 20 years ago. Since then, more than 96,000 young professionals in Germany have profited from the support towards their professional qualification.
On behalf of the federal government and in co-operation with the social partners and business practice experts, the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) has reacted to the new technological requirements and has modernised the training regulations for the motorbike and bicycle mechanic, now called motorbike and bicycle mechatronics engineer.
Jobs, wealth and individual well-being depend on what people can do with what they know. There is no shortcut to equipping people with the right skills and to providing them with opportunities to use their skills effectively. If there’s one lesson the global economy has taught us, it is that governments cannot simply spend their way out of a crisis.
On 5 June 2014, the Instituto Tecnológico Superior ADA (ADA-ITS) and Lufthansa Technical Training signed a contract in Sevilla at the Aerospace & Defense Meeting. The contract governs the use of Lufthansa Technical Training's iPad app "LTT viewer" to provide next-generation training to the institute's course participants.
More people worldwide are working in the informal than in the formal sector. In this interview Dr Richard Walther, senior consultant with the French Development Agency (AFD), tells us what it means to work in the informal economy, why investment in the sector is necessary to overcome the poverty of the developing countries, and how vocational training systems should be reformed in order to meet the needs of the sector.
