How should good education for apprentices be shaped in India? Representatives of leading educational organizations and institutions in India recently visited Erhardt+Leimer in Stadtbergen to get detailed answers to this question. The visit had been arranged on the initiative of the German Embassy and the Goethe Institute in New Delhi. Dr. Michael Proeller, CEO of Erhardt+Leimer, used the opportunity to introduce his guests to the company team of officials.
India is one of the fastest growing economies. Yet there is shortage of specially trained staff, due mainly to the fact that the country has never had the tradition of practical vocational training. Dr. Michael Proeller is well aware of this fact. In 1978 Erhardt+Leimer founded its own subsidiary in India and since then has become very well acquainted with the educational system there.
Taking into consideration Erhardt+Leimer’s reputation as a training company, it was natural for Ulrich Meinecke of the German Embassy “to bring together Erhardt+Leimer and leading representatives of the Indian educational system.”
The guests from India were particularly impressed with the company’s training workshop. It allows the E+L apprentices to learn their profession from the bottom up. But the Indian delegation was also very much interested in the dual training system offered by Erhardt+Leimer.
The combination of theoretical studies and practical training could meet the demand of a fast growing number of young Indian people for a final degree. In view of this, Erhardt+Leimer is planning to start vocational training soon on the basis of the German dual training system at its subsidiary in India.