Supporting German labor-management relations is a very strong vocational and apprenticeship training system
High school-aged youth must choose among three educational tracks at age 16:
A college-bound program
An apprenticeship vocational school program
A general education program
Over 70% of high school graduates who don’t go to college enter the vocational programs
Overseen by joint business-labor groups that set qualifications for each program
Provides highly skilled workers and cited for Germany’s economic success