2021/07/07 by Weishaupt, Horst
#Arbeitsmarktpolitik #Bevölkerungsentwicklung #Bildungsabschluss #Demografie #Demographic development #Demography #Deutschland #Educational attainment #Employment policy #FOS: Sociology #Germany #Immigrant background #Labor market policy #Migration background #Migrationshintergrund #Number of pupils #Qualification #Qualifizierung #Region #Schülerzahl
paper · doi:10.25657/02:16989
In Germany, demographic change has had far-reaching effects regarding the education system. Particularly in rural, non-urban areas, the existing netwwork of schools is at risk - most of all, this concerns vocational education and training schools. Even more striking, however, are the consequences regarding the qualification of young people because a generation of "baby boomers" needs to be replaced by a low-birthrate generation while at the same time the labour market demands higher qualification levels. Moreover, a growing number of students are from immigrant backgrounds and/or from disadvantaged families: they represent the potential that would still allow for increases in qualification levels. (DIPF/Orig.)