Vocational education and training is a significant key to success. One has to continuously invest into it, because technological progress does not stop. Some businesses particularly excel in this field. They now have been honoured by the Chamber of Crafts.
A lack of professionalism and politically one-sided: Only a few radio stations in Bangladesh provide reliable information. The DW (Deutsche Welle) Akademie supports citizen radios with training regarding professional reporting.
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.
