Charles, could you send me the data source for that percentage that two thirds of German students work as apprentices? I think that highly unlikely, not the least because you typically finish A levels (the German Abitur) at age 19, and university studies take around five years (I haven't lived in Germany for ten years, but at least back then, there were few universities that offered the anglophone division of undergraduate and postgraduate studies, so you usually go the whole distance). <br>
<br>Some university students may undergo other vocational training (one of my friends trained as a carpenter before she studied to become an architect), but I doubt it's two thirds. <br><br>It's not correct to say that the government arranges apprenticeships. What Germany does have is a relatively well developed vocational training system that is a combination of on-the-job training and parallel classroom training - and this can be anything from banking to carpentry to car mechanics etc. <br>
<br>Germans like to regulate things, so the whole system is very regulated. <br><br>The German university system has actually often been accused of producing students that are academically overqualified and of not much use in practical issues. In the anglophone system, in contrast, you can pick up the academic basicsin your undergraduate years and then gain practical experience - unless you do want an academic focus, in which case you continue studying. <br>
<br>I think the takeaway for Kenya would be not to keep proliferating universities, but to focus more on creating a parallel system of vocational training and maybe polytechnics with a far more practical focus. That way, you could harness the energy and skills in the jua kali sector. Mind you, I don't think this is an either-or - for a diversified economy, you need both the high-end academic and research sector and also the vocational training sector. <br>
<br><br>Andrea <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 March 2013 08:15, charles nduati <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:charlesnduati2002@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">charlesnduati2002@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Listers,</div><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent">I don't know if you are aware that Germany is the only country in Europe that hasn't so far experienced economic meltdown. There trick is that two thirds of Germany University students work as apprentices which are arranged by the government. In other words, their education policy is that you acquire skills first then sharpen them with degrees later.</div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent">For me, all I want is whichever coalition that can implement
these kind of policies that are already tried and tested.</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
me two cents</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif">
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