Article 79DMF German officials want kids to stop going to college and take on trades instead

German officials want kids to stop going to college and take on trades instead

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For the better part of a century, Germany's two-track education system offered prestigious college degrees for the few and high-quality vocational qualifications for the many. But that's changed over the past decade or so, and many more students have gotten a shot at higher education. But, as Valerie Hamilton reports from Weisbach, Germany, that's left the country with a massive shortage of apprentices who might do anything from cutting hair to building weapons.

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