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- Kolleg
A Kolleg is sometimes offered by BHS. It means graduating within two years (what lasts usually five
years at a BHS). To start a Kolleg is a precondition that the applicant has got A-levels. In two years
the pupils get a complete professional education (equivalent to the five year lasting model).
- Trainee programs
These programs are offered by enterprises (mostly banks) to graduates from university in order to
prepare them for a career within their enterprise. Usually the program lasts for 12-24 months.
Development of the training demands (school leavers, previous applicants)
o During the last years a clear trend towards higher education and the wish for higher qualified jobs
have become clear. According to the number of pupils in different types of school (see chapter 3,
diagram 12), Berufsschulen (vocational schools), Polytechnische Schulen and Hauptschulen are confronted
with declining numbers whereas pupil numbers in AHS and BHS remain pretty stable, and
the BMS are even showing growing numbers.
o As a result of this trend, enterprises looking for apprentices are confronted with a lack of sufficiently
qualified applicants. It is getting harder and harder for enterprises to find adequate apprentices
and they keep complaining about the sinking qualification of the applications.
o Modern education should not focus only on specific knowledge but also provide general knowledge.
Nowadays it is important that graduates bring certain key qualifications (languages, social
skills, economic and computer knowledge).
o There are orientation classes for the 9 th compulsory school year in a few schools (particularly Polytechnikum)
for pupils who haven’t made a decision yet. This is a good option for previous applicants
and pupils with language problems who didn’t get the entrance examination for higher educational
schools (AHS, BHS) to tide over a waiting year.
Development of training opportunities (occupational and inter-company apprenticeship, vocational
schools, how to acquaint pupils to vocational training)
Due to trends towards a declining population and overageing of the population it is expected that there will
be a shortage of skilled workers within the next years. In connection with a trend towards higher education
the skill shortage might intensify.
On the other hand it gets harder to get a job without professional experience. Enterprises demand applicants
who can already prove professional experience. In order to ease this development a new model for
apprenticeships was created to make this model more attractive: “Lehre mit Matura” (see above) has been
quite a success so far.