Nuremberger Land district council approves new vocational school for child care!

Nuremberger Land district council approves new vocational school for child care!

The Nuremberger Land District Council took a decisive step in the training of skilled workers at its most recent meeting. He unanimously decided to found a vocational school for child care at the Academy for Social Education in Altdorf. This innovation is timely, as the need for qualified teaching staff will increase noticeably in the coming years.

The planned school will accommodate middle school students and graduates and enable them to receive pedagogical training close to home. This is particularly important because the legal right to full-day care from 2026 requires trained specialists. District Administrator Armin Kroder emphasizes that in the next ten years many existing skilled workers will leave the profession due to age, which makes the need for this training facility even more urgent.

Entitlement to education for everyone

The new vocational school will be aimed at students from Altdorf and the communities of Burgthann, Feucht, Berg, Hersbruck, Vorra, Schnaittach, Lauf and Röthenbach. This creates a central contact point for the region in order to give the general population access to professional training.

What is particularly noteworthy is that this municipal school does not require a complex approval process. In addition, most subjects can be covered with existing teaching staff. A new teacher is only needed in the area of ​​“Home Economics Education”, as this subject is not yet taught.

Skills shortage in view

The establishment of this vocational school comes in a context in which the shortage of skilled workers is a current and pressing issue. According to the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs' skilled worker monitoring, 618,000 people without qualifications will enter the labor market in the coming years, while only 396,000 helper positions are open. A dramatic discrepancy that poses further challenges for the region. Ongoing monitoring uncovers bottlenecks and surpluses in various professional groups and helps to keep an eye on the need for skilled workers.

In addition, demographic change is leading to changes in the labor market. In structurally weak regions such as parts of Bavaria, this could exacerbate the shortage of skilled workers. It is therefore all the more important to invest in the training and further development of staff now.

This initiative by the district council is not only a direct response to the need for well-trained staff in daycare centers, but also a step towards a future-oriented education policy that takes into account the requirements of the labor market. It remains to be hoped that the new school will open its doors soon and thus make a valuable contribution to ensuring the availability of educational specialists in the Nuremberg region.