The German Vocational Training Reform Act of 2005: What is new, what is different?

The German system of dual vocational education and training enjoys worldwide recognition. To maintain this status, both the training and the legislation governing it have to keep pace with the challenges of the modern worldl. The Vocational Training Reform Act has comprehensively amended the Vocational Training Act of 1969 (BBiG) 1969) and the Vocational Training Promotion Act of 1981 (BerFiFG), and combined them into a single law. The objective of the reform is to secure and improve training opportunities for young people and to guarantee that each and every one of them - regardless of social or regional background - receives high quality vocational training. The Act entered into force on April 1, 2005. This article sets out the most important reforms.

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