The European Chamber is delighted to invite you to join the August VIP Dinner with Herbert Kaehli to take “A closer look at vocational education and training in Switzerland” on the 28th August in Chongqing.
China is faced with multiple challenges, in order to maintain its pace of development. A modern education system is one of the key challenges. While China has a well-developed system of universities, major challenges lie in the vocational education of professionals. In the further development of the country, higher productivity is required, and this in turn requires an improved vocational education system.
European countries, and in particular Switzerland and Germany have developed an “apprenticeship”, which combines theoretical education with practical experience in a company. The presentation will explain how this system works in Switzerland and what elements might be of interest in China.
Apprenticeship still plays a dominant role in the Swiss education system. Approximately 60% of the young Swiss complete a 3 or 4 years period of vocational education and training consisting of on the job training at a company and attending a specific vocational school. The success of this dual model is based on a traditional collaboration between companies of different industrial branches, their associations and governmental authorities.
The presentation shows the most important facts and figures concerning vocational education in Switzerland, it demonstrates its dynamics and economic importance but also its challenges at different levels. To draw a more precise picture, the apprenticeship of two specific professions are taken into focus and in terms of a “closer look”, students have been interviewed at their workplaces. Their opinions are shown and commented.
Implications for the Chinese education system are elaborated and discussed.
Ticket:
Members: 180 rmb / Non-members: 280 rmb
Language:
English only
About the speaker
Herbert Kaehli (*1966) is a teacher of general education at the vocational school of design in Zurich, Switzerland. He has a master’s degree in biology and German literature as well as in pedagogy. He was head of the quality management of his school and head of the department of general education.
He was member of the examination board of the canton of Zurich. This year, he will start coaching teachers in the domain of vocational education.
Event review
On 28th August the European Chamber Southwest Chapter invited Mr. Herbert Kaehlli, teacher of general education at the vocational school of design in Zurich, Switzerland, to present the modern education system “Vocational Education in Switzerland” at the VIP Dinner.