Vocational education and training careers beyond academisation

Incentives for the profiling of upgrading training from a Swiss perspective

Coverbild: BWP 3/2017
Author
Issue/Year (Volume) 3/2017 (46)
Page(s) 32-36
Language(s)
    englisch

Higher vocational education and training is highly significant in Switzerland and also occupies a unique position in international comparative terms. It provides training that is closely related to the needs of the labour market and is in strong demand. The high degree of political commitment to higher vocational education and training is illustrated by a positioning at Tertiary B level. This article states some of the possible reasons for such a success story and discusses the issue of which impetuses could result for upgrading training in Germany.