Vocational training – key to integration
- 20. 11. 2017
Vocational training – key to integration
BIBB analyzes on occupational integration of refugees
In order to better integrate people who have fled to Germany through vocational training in the future, it will be crucial to provide individually suitable offers in terms of quality and quantity.
These must be able to cope with the diversity of educational prerequisites, life circumstances, flight experiences and the age of the refugees. Existing supportive measures to prepare for training should be developed in the direction of support and continuous monitoring within regular services.
In addition, sufficient time must be planned for the teaching of basic skills and the integration of language support into existing offers from the very beginning.These are some of the key findings of analyzes by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) conducted in 2016 and 2017.
The „Scientific Discussion Paper“ entitled „Refugees and Vocational Training“ is available for download on the BIBB website.„Vocational training is a key to integration and must be understood as an investment in long-term integration in Germany,“ emphasizes BIBB President Friedrich Hubert Esser.
„Dual training can build a bridge between the world of work and society in particular if the practical part of the apprenticeship means integrating the trainees into the company or into their everyday work, which is particularly the case in small and medium-sized enterprises.“
Occupational socialization, which also requires an understanding of the living conditions of refugees, plays an important role in this.
According to a study jointly conducted by the BIBB and the Federal Employment Agency (BA / BIBB migration study), around one in four (about 26%) of all applicants registered with a employment agency were from a non-European country of asylum at the time of the survey in late 2016 / early 2017 in company training.
https://www.bibb.de/veroeffentlichungen/de/publication/show/8508 (German language)
