07-04-15 9:07 pm – Source: Reuters
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At least 21,000 young people in Amsterdam, the next few years back to school or to work. That is the ambition of the city administration, they announced today. It is essential that young people receive training for those jobs now and in the future need for it.
His 35,000 Amsterdammers follow a secondary vocational education and the goal is that every student after completing his diploma quickly find a job. To this end, education should be closely linked to the labor market. The municipality 19 million in grants for teachers to improve the quality of the lessons, and additional accompaniment of vulnerable students. Especially young people with non-Western origin or a great distance from the labor market find it difficult to work, according to figures from the municipality.
The number of early school leavers should also down, up to a thousand this year. Last year, 1,562 students have stopped their education.
Innovative craftsmanship
The college attracts further over the next three years, more than 28 million euros to prevent young people from their career start on the bench. Thus there are six so-called Youth Points in the city, where every young person a contact that accompanies him or her closely when they return to school or find a job.
In addition, the municipality invests together with business and rich more than 18 million euros to the “action plan innovative craftsmanship. It is with companies looked at what young people need exactly to win a job. An example is the training home mobility technique, where Amsterdam’s car companies collaborate with teachers of vocational school students to bring in the latest techniques. So they can tinker example, a brand new car. Also for the construction, installation, logistics and hospitality get this kind of training houses.
The youth in Amsterdam last year was 13.3 percent. This is higher than the national average (11.8 percent), but compared to 2013 (14.7 percent) shows a decline.
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