BERLIN (dts news agency) – The Central Association of German Crafts (ZDH) is pushing for equality between vocational and academic education. “Vocational training has been neglected,” said ZDH President Jörg Dittrich to the “Editorial Network Germany” (Saturday editions). “Education as a path to increasing prosperity has been equated with the academic path for too long, and this narrative is still in the minds of teachers, parents and young people,” criticized the craft president.
“It’s a mammoth task to change that again,” said Dittrich. “That’s why we need a change in education.” He insisted on treating both educational paths equally. “We must first of all value academic and vocational education equally again,” he demanded. This also includes equivalent equipment for vocational schools. The reason for his demand is that 30,000 apprenticeship positions in the skilled trades remained unfilled at the start of the new training year. “This shows that our companies want to provide training and offer a lot of training positions,” said Dittrich. However, it is not easy for them to find applicants. At the same time, there is a trend reversal in the number of trainees. “There is a slight increase in training contracts, which of course pleases us and is certainly the result of the intensive recruitment of young talent in the trades,” he said. “Between January and August 2023, 112,231 new training relationships were registered, 2.6 percent more than in the previous year.”
2023-09-16 21:27:32
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