Vocational Education and Training in BadenWuerttemberg Germany Ministerium

Vocational Education and Training in Baden-Wuerttemberg Germany Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Vocational Education and Training in Baden-Wuerttemberg Information on Baden-Wuerttemberg The Dual System in Baden-Wuerttemberg Folie 2 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Information on Baden-Wuerttemberg and Germany Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Impressions of Baden-Wuerttemberg Folie 4 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

State of Baden-Wuerttemberg • Population: 10, 747, 000 • Size: 35, 725 km² • No natural resources Folie 5 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Economy in BW • Employees: 4. 4 Mio. • Unemployment rate: Germany 7. 2 % BW 4. 0 % BW 25 an younger 2. 8% • more than 125, 000 crafts enterprises • more than 8, 400 industrial enterprises • About 60% of all enterprises have the right to participate in the training in the Dual System - 80% of them actually Folie 6 train young apprentices Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Main Industries in BW 22% 20% 12% 7% 6% BW holds a percentage of 4. 3 % of the world‘s total engineering market, as compared to nations like Great Britain (3. 1 %) or France (4. 0 %) Folie 7 5% 28% Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

The Dual System in Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

German Federal Law According to our “constitution”, the Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany (Grundgesetz, Art. 70): “All educational issues are decided by the individual Federal States autonomously” (Länderhoheit) Folie 9 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Coordination between Federal Republic and Federal States Standing Conference of Ministers of Education 16 Federal States BMBF BW Hamburg National Minister of Education Saxony Bavaria Folie 10 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Univ. of Applied Science University Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Advanced Certificate of VE Employment Senior Voc. School (FE) Advanced Voc. School (13, 400) (45, 300) Cooperative State University Upper Sec. Voc. School (2, 100) Dual System of VTE part-time vocational school plus in-company training Upper Secondary Vocational School (3 years) (50, 300) (2 – 3. 5 years) (201, 000) General Certificate of Secondary Education Voc Prep. (3, 600) Voc. Intro (6, 700) Full-time Voc. Sch (27, 000) General Certificate of Education Voc. Interm. Second. School (1 year) General Secondary School (5 years) Intermediate Secondary School Upper Secondary School (6 years) (8 years) (233, 000) (311, 000) (151, 000) Folie 11 24. 4% Primary School (4 years) (395, 700) Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport 34. 0% 40. 8%

Dual System: Challenges and Strengths Folie 12 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

What is our advantage? • Modern training programmes in 350 professions • Training is a combination of theory and practice • VET takes care of employment and labour market needs • State of the art technology in VET • Preparing young people for employment and life-long learning combined with the possibility to enter tertiary education Folie 13 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

How do we achieve this? • Close cooperation with industry and craft on all levels: • Curriculum and training regulation development • In-service training for teachers • Generation of teaching materials • Common centralized exams with our partners • Assessment and quality management systems Folie 14 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

The Dual System in VET training to become a Skilled Professional Basic Idea: To train young people in vocational school and in company Two educational centres! Folie 15 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

The two Educational Centres Dual System in VET 70% in-company training • Law of the Federal Republic of Germany: Training Regulations (Ausbildungsordnung) 3. 5 days per week work experience Folie 16 30% at vocational school • State Law of Baden- Wuerttemberg: Framework Curriculum (Rahmenlehrplan) 1. 5 days per week theory Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Challenges for Vocational School • Very close cooperation with industry on all levels: • • • Federal Ministries and industrial associations Ministries and social partners Chambers and local school authorities Enterprises and vocational schools Teachers and company trainers Permanent demand for modernization of VET! Folie 17 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Changes in Requirements Car mechanic Car electrician Car mechatronic Folie 18 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Modernizing Professions Parallel to the legislative process: • Generation of teaching materials • In-service-training at State Academy for multipliers • In-service-training for teachers by multipliers on school level process of modernization and in-service training of teachers within one year Folie 19 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Curriculum in Modernised and new Professions • Special emphasis is placed on vocational competencies • Learning units are no longer taught according to traditional vocational subjects but according to vocational competencies (Lernfelder) • Part of these competencies are taught in vocational English • Project work and problem solving techniques become part of the modern curriculum • general subjects (e. g. German, Economics) and optional subjects (e. g. for University Entrance Exam) still play a major role Folie 20 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Benefits of the Dual System • Maximum exposure to job reality • Match between supply and demand of highly qualified skilled professionals • Low rate of youth unemployment • Guarantees a better employability • Combination of theoretical learning in school is combined with practical work experience Folie 21 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport

Univ. of Applied Science University Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Advanced Certificate of VE Employment Senior Voc. School (FE) Advanced Voc. School (13, 400) (45, 300) Cooperative State University Upper Sec. Voc. School (2, 100) Dual System of VTE part-time vocational school plus in-company training Upper Secondary Vocational School (3 years) (50, 300) (2 – 3. 5 years) (201, 000) General Certificate of Secondary Education Voc Prep. (3, 600) Voc. Intro (6, 700) Full-time Voc. Sch (27, 000) General Certificate of Education Voc. Interm. Second. School (1 year) General Secondary School (5 years) Intermediate Secondary School Upper Secondary School (6 years) (8 years) (233, 000) (311, 000) (151, 000) Folie 22 24. 4% Primary School (4 years) (395, 700) Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport 34. 0% 40. 8%

Information about the Dual System in English or other languages may be found under the following address: www. bibb. de/en Folie 23 Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport