The dual education system must continue concluding with occupational-specific and nationwide standardized examinations to ensure meaningful results comparable for businesses across Germany. Legal hurdles for flexible deployment of voluntary examiners in the Vocational Training Act should be abolished swiftly; examiner activities should be better supported and publicly recognized. Modernizations in professions should minimize the effort for examiners and the responsible institutions. In the advancement of examinations, the opportunities offered by digitalization should benefit apprentices, companies, vocational schools, and examiners, and framework conditions should be adjusted where necessary. Digital examination formats should be utilized particularly when the use of digital media later becomes essential in the professional routine.
The German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (IHKs) will expand opportunities for progressive re-qualification and support individuals over 25 years old without vocational qualifications by helping them improve their job market prospects through partial qualifications or validating individual professional skills to achieve a vocational qualification step by step.