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Instructor gives presentation to a class.

Continuing vocational training

Lifelong learning is an increasing point of focus in educational policy. Continuing training is a central element of lifelong learning.

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Wednesday, 23 April 2025

Employee participation in continuing vocational education and training

This article uses representative data from the BIBB Establishment Panel on Training and Competence Development (BIBB Training Panel) to investigate whether CVET agreements increase participation in  training by employees and whether this applies equally to all employee groups.

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Friedrich Hubert Esser, President of BIBB, in front of a lift in the BIBB building in Bonn
Wednesday, 9 April 2025

A powerful and honest signal of equivalence is needed!

Germany is facing a constant increase in entrants to higher education study accompanied by a significant fall in the numbers of training contracts being concluded. Therefore a powerful signal in the form of political acknowledgement of the equivalence of vocational and academic education is needed.

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Monday, 6 May 2024

BWP 2/2024 – Migration and integration

This issue of BWP provides numerical data which forms the basis for an objective debate on what has been achieved thus far and on the remaining challenges in respect of sustainably promoting integration in and via vocational education and training.

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Monday, 7 August 2023

Examinations

The examination system is being altered by reforms and by digitalisation. The pressure to modernise is considerable. This issue sets out the current challenges and presents research results and approaches towards the further development of the examination system which have been adopted in practice.

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