Increasing shortage of training places

Increasing shortage of training places

The number of trainee agreements fall. In total there are 4 percent fewer internship at the end of February 2009 than at the same time the year before. It is one percentage point more than in January.
It presents new statistics from the Ministry of Education internship situation in February 2009. A total of 66,440 students an internship agreement. Well 4,800 students lacking an internship related to their training. Of these, approximately 1,800 students started training with the use of school training. The financial crisis means that companies are wary of creating new apprenticeships and taking more apprentices into. Compared to February last year, when the number of internships was historically high, companies have for years created 30 percent fewer new apprenticeships. At the same time, there has been a surge school training 112 percent compared to the same time last year. Education Minister Bertel Haarder will meet at. 13 today with the parties Danish Employers' Confederation and LO to discuss the situation. Later in the day called the agreement. The trend in the number of training Source: Ministry of Education