Where are all the young women?

Causes of falling female participation in dual vocational education and training

Coverbild: BWP 6/2018
Author
Issue/Year (Volume) 6/2018 (47)
Page(s) 46-50
Language(s)
    englisch

Are young women increasingly turning their back on dual VET? Training market statistics from the last ten years give rise to the suspicion that this may be the case. Whilst the interest in training shown by young men has continued to climb, fewer women have commenced company-based VET year on year. The number of registered female training place applicants fell by as much as a fifth between 2009 and 2018. This article investigates the causes of a development which at first glance is confusing and concerning in equal measure. Some of the answers are surprising.