04 EDUCATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT
Implementing the German dual vocational education and training system in Thailand Dr. Kamonsak Suradom Germany's dual vocational education and training system is one of the best and most effective systems in the world, as evidenced by the fact that Germany has the lowest youth unemployment rate in the EU. Nowadays, technology advances related to Industrial 4.0 are enhancing the need to develop the young generation to support the industrial sector. Therefore, the German dual vocational education and training system is now being implemented in many countries in the development of young people as qualified skills workers.
workshop training under the supervision of German experts each week.
With the support of the German government, Thailand established the Thai-German Technical School in 1959. The school used the German education paradigm, known as the “dual system,” to teach and develop students with the skills required by the industrial sector. The vocational study programme consisted of two days of theoretical study and three days of practical
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The Department of Vocational Education established a vocational education system for technical institutions called “SchoolFactory” in 1984, with the support of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ). Later on, in 1995, the “School-Factory” programme was renamed “Dual Vocational Training” (DVT). Thailand's dual vocational training policy went into operation in 2008. The German-Thai Chamber of Commerce (GTCC) / AHK Thailand and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) launched the German-Thai Dual Excellence Education (GTDEE) project in 2013 in cooperation with partner companies
B.Grimm Group, BMW Group Thailand, and Robert Bosch Packaging Limited Thailand, as well as vocational schools, with the support of the Thai Ministry of Education. Until September 2018, GTDEE was a part of the Vocational Education and Training Network (VETnet), supported by the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This network aimed to integrate dual elements into local vocational training systems in eleven AHK locations, including China, Greece, India, Italy, Russia, and the United States of America. Dual training is a popular style of education in Germany, and has gained international recognition. A company's practical training combines theoretical classroom knowledge with professional practice inside the training company. Through practical applications at the training company, trainees deepen their theoretical knowledge gained at vocational schools. The trainees spend 70% of their time at the company and 30% at a vocational school during their training. They learn about the situations that they will face in their working life right from the start. This is a
