Opinion poll
Work first – more attractive than teaching or university for many
Earning money directly after school – according to a survey, many young people want that. However, too many threatened to get stuck in helper jobs and to be lost as specialists, said experts.
According to a survey, every fifth student wants to work after school instead of learning. This wish is even particularly pronounced among young people with a low level of school education, according to a result of a current survey by young people for a study by the Bertelsmann Foundation. The authors fear that the trend could continue to strengthen an increasing number of unskilled among young people in Germany.
What to plan young people after school?
Overall, according to the survey, dual vocational training is still the most popular educational path after graduation, followed by the course. 43 percent of the students surveyed stated that it is definitely a training course, 40 percent absolutely wanted to study. Many were also undecided. After all, more than half can imagine going to work after school. 19 percent of them even have a firm intended.
The study authors consider the finding to be worrying – also against the background of the shortage of skilled workers and demographic change: “Without regular training, the risk of becoming unemployed or remaining in the low -wage sector increases,” warns Helen Renk, expert at the Bertelsmann Foundation for Vocational Education. “On the one hand, this is difficult for those affected, on the other hand, a lot of potential for the labor market is lost.”
Why do young people decide against training?
Asked for the personal reasons that speak against an apprenticeship, most respondents (48 percent) call too little remuneration. 43 percent of those surveyed see the better option in a course of study, as many gave, they did not feel sufficiently prepared. Missing suitable places play a role for around a third.
In addition to other reasons, the desire for an immediate introduction to the world of work is also mentioned by a quarter of the respondents (26 percent) between 14 and 25 years as the right to why no training has started or would like to start. 21 percent stated that others expected to get into the job without training.
dpa
Source: Stern
