The federal government wants to attract more young people to vocational training with more individual support and up-to-date learning content. “The number of training contracts is stagnating, and in some cases it is also declining,” said Minister of Education Bettina Stark-Watzinger on Monday. “We need more young people again, more hard-working hands, more bright minds who also want to go into vocational training.”
Because today more and more young people want to do an academic education. During a visit to a Berlin technology company, the FDP politician launched the “Excellence Initiative for Vocational Training”. A reform of the promotion loan should increase the individual chances of each individual. With this Bafög the preparation for advanced training qualifications such as master craftsman or master craftsman is promoted. Career orientation in schools must also be intensified. Stark-Watzinger demanded: “Above all, it must also arrive in high schools.”
In addition, according to the minister, the major social issues should move much more into the focus of training. “For example, combating climate change, but also digitization and others.” Furthermore, international mobility should increase in vocational training.