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Dual System of Vocational education in Germany

1. Partners 2. Process

3. Advantages of the dual system of vocational education:

For trainees:

- no formal admission prerequisites: every school leaver has a chance to learn aprofession (but in fact the chances of being accepted depend on pre-qualification)

- combination of learning and working

- professional and soft skills are acquired, easier start at the labour market

- relations to potential future employer (many companies keep their trainees)

- income

For the companies:

- train skilled workers according to the needs of the company

- reputation

- less personnel recruiting costs

Others:

- interaction between different actors involved: tasks are not rigidly divided: school is notreserved solely for teaching theory, and in-company training involves more than simplypractice – joint educational responsibility and by this permanent training for trainers

- promote employability in a changing workplace

4. Disadvantages of the dual system of vocational education:

- influence of the economical situation

- difficulties in realizing curricula if the training company is small or has limitedpossibilities

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- different possibilities in schools and companies to react to changes (technicalinnovations…)

- question of coherency between demand and supply

- dependence on companies concerning quantity and quality

- Co-financing by the state necessary without possibility to take direct influence

- Possible cooperation problems between teachers at school and trainers in thecompanies