IN-Training – Achieving Training Success Through Vocational and Language Learning

The Hanover region, in coordination with the Hanover Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) and the Hanover Chamber of Crafts (HWK), has developed a pilot project to establish targeted language support in vocational training in collaboration with the Lower Saxony Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs. Four vocational schools in the Hanover region are participating in the innovation project funded by the Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (see below).

The goal of the pilot project is to ensure the successful dual education of (newly) immigrant trainees through integrated language support and language training.
For this reason, the “company language day” was incorporated into the project in addition to regular vocational school instruction. The companies provide this day as an additional language learning day so that language acquisition can take place within the familiar organizational framework of the vocational school. This additional company language day is organized through the integration of BAMF vocational language courses, which are conducted by educational providers at the vocational school’s location.
Additionally, language instruction can take place on another day, for example as tandem instruction in team teaching with a vocational school teacher. In this way, the trainees are supported precisely where language and subject-specific learning intersect.

A key prerequisite for successfully completing vocational training therefore lies in the close integration of language support and language training measures between the training company, the vocational school, and the supporting institutions (chambers, BAMF, school authorities). Other key success factors include the coordination of courses by the municipality, the chambers’ clear stance and communication with the companies, and the organizational integration of vocational language courses into the vocational school.

Target Group

Newly arrived apprentices in the Hanover region and their companies

Duration

August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2027

Partner schools

• BBS 2
• BBS 3
• BBS ME
• Alice-Salomon School (starting in the 2025/2026 school year)

Initiators

• Hanover Region
• Lower Saxony Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs
• Hanover Chamber of Crafts
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• Hanover Chamber of Industry and Commerce
  • Contact person: Arne Hirschner - Contact now

Additional partners:

• Lower Saxony Medical Association
• Lower Saxony Dental Association

The Region of Hanover is a strategic partner through the Department of Economic and Employment Promotion (
) and provides proportional funding for the project.