Future for young talents: Büa becomes a regular offer in Hesse!

Future for young talents: Büa becomes a regular offer in Hesse!

Hofgeismar, Deutschland - In Hofgeismar there is a joyful atmosphere at the Herwig Blankertz School. On the occasion of the graduation ceremony of the vocational school for the transition to training (Büa), Minister of Culture Armin Schwarz attended school and brought exciting news. The Büa, which has been running as a school attempt for several years, will take a permanent place in the education system in Hesse in the future. Schwarz announced that the Büa will be stabilized in Hesse and that around 80 out of 104 vocational schools should introduce the Büa as a rule offer. The goal: to pave the way for young people like the new graduates into a professional future.

"It is important that our schools adapt to the constantly changing requirements of the labor market," emphasized Schwarz. In recent years, the number of training contracts in Hesse has decreased drastically, especially during corona pandemic when it sank to less than 90,000. In the meantime, the number is around 92,000 again. Büa offers valuable support for students who do not have a secondary school leaving certificate in their pockets, do not find a training position or have special needs.

The structure of the Büa

The Büa is divided into two stages and includes not only general subjects such as German, mathematics, English and sport, but also vocational lessons. This gives the students an insight into at least two professional priorities, especially in office management and trade. In small learning groups of a maximum of 16 students, 30 hours per week is taught. In addition, internships are an essential component to watch the students in their professional orientation and to improve the chances of successful training.

The teachers: inside the Büa attach great importance to the small class size. Teacher Sabine Posselt expressed the desire for an even greater integration of the final exam with the practice in order to offer the students: inside the best possible preparation for the professional world. Headmaster Rainer Büchter hopes that the positive experiences from Hofgeismar will be taken into account in the future legislation.

challenges and opportunities of the transition system

The Büa is part of a multi -layered transition system that wants to help young people improve their professional perspectives. According to the Federal Center for Political Education, the transition system encompasses heterogeneous courses and is aimed specifically at young people and young adults without training or with the need to acquire a general school leaving certificate. Educational measures in this system can take up to one year and represent a valuable bridge into the professional world. It is particularly important that the quality of the internships is crucial for a successful transition, not necessarily the duration.

in Hessen, where the Büa is now undergoing a legal regulation, the demand for such transitional measures is expected to increase. It is all the more important that the educational institutions are well positioned in order to master these challenges and to offer each student the best possible opportunities.

With a view of the future, Büa takes a key role when it comes to giving young people a perspective and accompanying them on their way to a successful professional career. This is a development that will not only be well received in Hofgeismar, but all over Hesse.

For more details about the Büa, please visit the reporting of the HNA on the visit of Culture Minister Schwarz here , and receive valuable information about the transition system by the Federal Center for Political Education here .