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Issue 5/2011
• Special focus - BIBB's International Advisory Work • BIBB International
• Special focus - Courage or audacity? • Activities
• Special focus - Successful at the very first try? • New Publications
• Commentary - Time to see the GQF across the finish line! • Imprint
• Press Releases    
Special focus - BIBB's International Advisory Work Top of the page

Birgit Thomann, Michael Wiechert

The German vocational training system offers persuasive points of departure for modernising VET systems in partner countries. Given that a country's education structures cannot be 'imported' or 'exported' readily or as a whole, solutions must be developed that have been adapted to the needs and conditions in the respective partner country.

Read more BIBB's International Advisory Work
Special focus - Courage or audacity? Top of the page

Modularisation and competence-orientation as key objectives of initial vocational education reform in Luxembourg

Dieter Euler, Irmgard Frank

The Institute of Business Education at the University of St. Gallen is working with BIBB to provide support and expert backup to the reform project, which will be implemented in several phases since 2009 until 2013. Their input encompasses conceptual development work, the coaching of curricular working groups, and the preparation of teaching and training personnel. This article focuses on the two central concepts of this reform: modularisation and competence-orientation.

Read more Courage or audacity?

Special focus - Successful at the very first try? Top of the page

First-time pass rate

Margit Ebbinghaus

Every year, several hundred thousand young men and women in Germany sit the final examination for a state-recognised 'training occupation' (a recognised occupation which requires completion of formal vocational training) in order to prove their professional abilities and acquire formal vocational qualification. Now that the Vocational Training Statistics have been changed over to individual data, the number of candidates who passed their final examination on the first go can be identified with the help of a special indicator: the first-time pass rate.

Read more Successful at the very first try?

Commentary - Time to see the GQF across the finish line! Top of the page

Prof. Dr. Friedrich Hubert Esser, President of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training

A notable amount of dedicated work in recent months has been invested in the development of a German Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning (GQF). The working draft was approved on 22 March 2011 by the jointly-led Federal Government and Länder GQF Working Group, whose members represent the most important institutions of the German education system. The challenge now is to resolve the final points of contention so that the GQF can be mapped across to the European Qualifications Framework by the end of 2011.

Time to see the GQF across the finish line!

Read more BWP 5/2011
Press Releases Top of the page
• 19.10.2011 (47)
Successful model: Advanced training for the occupation Metal-Working Foreman proves itself in practice
• 10.10.2011 (45)
Passed! First-time pass rate for final examinations exceeds 90%
• 20.09.2011 (44)
Conclusion of the 6th BIBB Vocational Education and Training Congress in Berlin
• 19.09.2011 (42)
Germany's President Wulff underscores the importance of vocational education and training and urges a "new culture of open doors"
• 19.09.2011 (41)
Education Minister Schavan and BIBB's President Esser see positive trend on the training place market
• 31.08.2011 (40)
BIBB new co-editor of the "Internationales Handbuch der Berufsbildung"
• 29.07.2011 (38)
Training place market - Sharp decline in the number of youths in the 'transition system'
BIBB International Top of the page

Columbia learning from Germany's 'dual' system
Diana Cáceres-Reebs
Columbia wants to reform its vocational training system and bring it more into line with the needs of the labour market. In order to do this, it wants to learn from Germany's 'dual' vocational training system (which combines part-time vocational schooling with practical work experience) and develop lines of action for itself.
http://www.bibb.de/en/59737.htm

BIBB's fifth partners meeting in Seoul
Hans-Joachim Kissling
BIBB's first meeting with its partner institutes in Southeast Asia (China/CIVTE, South Korea/KRIVET, Singapore/IAL and Vietnam/NIVT) was held in Seoul, South Korea, from 12 - 14 October 2011. This BIBB's fifth partners meeting was prepared in cooperation with KRIVET.
http://www.bibb.de/en/59738.htm

Fourth meeting of the German-Indian Working Group on Vocational Education and Training held in Munich
Maren Verfürth
The fourth meeting of the German-Indian Working Group on Vocational Education and Training was held in Munich from 10 - 13 October 2011. The Indian delegation was headed by the new state secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE), Mr Mrutyunjay Sarangi, who was accompanied by other high-ranking representatives.
http://www.bibb.de/en/59775.htm

The Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) at eh FICCI "Global Skills Summit" in Delhi
Maren Verfürth
As in previous years, in 2011 the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training again took part in the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry's (FICCI) "Global Skills Summit".
http://www.bibb.de/en/59134.htm

Franco-German cooperation in the development of qualifications standards in logistics
Benedikt Peppinghaus
On 2 June, the website of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research (Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche) published updated regulations on the qualification of BTS transport et prestations logistiques (Advanced technical diploma in transport and logistics services). Within the French system, the BTS qualification is at the same level as short courses of higher education study (short cycles) and is aligned to level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF).
http://www.bibb.de/en/59796.htm

Activities Top of the page



didacta 2012 - 14 - 18 February 2012
 
For five whole days didacta - Education Fair 2012 - will be the world's biggest meeting-place for teachers, educationalists, coaches, trainers and lecturers, as well as decision-makers from city, local and regional authorities
 
 
Following their first International Workshop on the task-based approach, the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) are very pleased to announce that T.A.S.K.S. 2 will be staged at BIBB in Bonn.


New Publications Top of the page
• Sandra Bohlinger, Gesa Münchhausen
Recognition and Validation of Prior Learning
• Federal Institut for Vocational Education and Training
Vocational Training Regulations and the Process Behind Them
Imprint Top of the page

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