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Your support makes all the difference.Four out of five German workers hold a vocational or professional qualification, while almost one in three Britons of working age have no qualifications at all, according to a report out today. The number of Britons holding similar qualifications is believed to be between 45 and 50 per cent.
Germany's work-based training system, which links firms and colleges, could point the way forward for the UK, says the National Commission on Education in a briefing paper.
In Germany, skilled blue- and white-collar workers and craftsmen in small and medium-sized organisations hold a high status in society, it says.
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