This is how clairvoyant and convinced the current Minister of Education has been, Jose Ignacio Wert, in his latest statements. According to the Minister of the Popular Party vocational training must be the key that allows us to get out of the crisis. Bill Minister Wert believes that strong collaboration between business and government can develop a dual vocational training strong, practical and helpful.
The Ministry of Education has set its goal of improving current vocational training as a goal priority in its package of measures to improve the current unemployment situation, both youth and long-term, and as an important measure for the solution of the current crisis in our country. Minister Wert assures that an improvement in vocational training would increase the level of employment and also improve the quality of jobs. Vocational training as a major educational commitment by the Spanish Ministry of Education try to get closer to the current German model. In Germany the training It enjoys great prestige since it is considered of high quality and very useful, something contrary to what happens here in Spain, where it gives the feeling that a degree should be taken yes or yes when in many cases it is not by far the best option for student.
Today in Spain there is a youth employment rate close to 52% and young people between the ages of 16 and 19 are unemployed in 79% of the cases. There is a high relationship between unemployment and low skills of these young people. Those countries of the European Union that have a number of registered in training Equal to or higher than the European average, they also have a much lower dropout rate, hence vocational training becomes the new cornerstone of the Ministry of Education.