More people get an education

More people get an education

In the first five months has reached 20 percent more training contracts compared to the same period last year. It shows the latest internship statistics.
Students who are going to find an internship, will benefit from the latest developments in the internship area. The latest figures from May show that during the first five months reached 12,120 training agreements. It is 20 percent more compared to the first five months of 2009. There has been a marked increase in May, which reached 55 percent more contracts than in the same month last year. Education Minister Tina Nedergaard welcomes the positive development of internship area continues. "The new figures reinforces my belief that the government's many initiatives, for example the bonus scheme where companies get up to 50,000 kroner to take a student works. To create even more training places and continue the positive development, all parties continue to work hard so that even more young people can get an internship, "says the minister. There is prosperity for all types of contracts compared to the same period last year. The number of ordinary agreements has increased by 16 percent, apprenticeship contracts by 18 percent and short-term training agreements with 101 percent. In the first five months are admitted 2,387 students in school at all entrances, which is 65 percent more than the total inflow in the first five months of 2009. Source: Ministry of Education