Dual Education and Training (DET) promotes learning in two venues: the school and the company. The DET approach maximizes the potentials of learners to gain industry-demanded skills that are crucial for the labor market and sufficiently prepare learners for immediate employment.
DET supports the development of a skilled workforce that meets labor market needs. Better skilled workers have a better chance for employment.
A skilled workforce, on the other hand, improves the economic competitiveness of companies and countries, further attracting investment and fostering job growth.
Download the DET Guidebook (PDF).
Chambers can play a significant role in mediating between the two actors in DET: the industry and the academe. Chambers can promote the DET approach and facilitate and maintain the public-private dialogue between all stakeholders.
Specifically, chambers can benefit through:
This website was developed under the K to 12 PLUS Project (2013-2020), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and initiated to support the Enhanced Basic Education reform in the Philippines.
German cooperation partners in this multi-stakeholder project included AFOS, GIZ, GPCCI, SBFIC, sequa gGmbH, and ZDH. Philippine cooperation partners included PCCI, CCCI, and Mindanao Microfinance Council.
AFOS – AFOS Foundation for Entrepreneurial Development Cooperation
CCCI – Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc.
GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
GPCCI – German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
PCCI – Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry
SBFIC – Savings Bank Foundation for International Cooperation
ZDH – Zentralverband des Deutschen Handwerks