Chances of job in Germany of education depending on the chances of getting a job in Germany particularly strong education depend heavily. People with low education are not very much in demand on the labour market. The job opportunities of low-skilled are particularly bad in comparison to Europe in this country, reported the magazine Spiegel”in its Internet Edition. According to a recent study, 17.7 percent of the low-skilled in Germany have no job. It is the Federal Republic in the Europe-wide comparison on the third place. The EU average is located at 9.2 percent below the German level. Only in the Czech Republic and of Slovakia, the unemployment rate of the low-skilled is higher. The figures are alarming: more than one sixth 25-64 German with basic level of education was unemployed last year.

This is confirmed by projections of the Federal Statistical Office. People who have no more than a secondary school leaving certificate and no professional training is considered to be low-qualified. The figures published by the Federal Statistical Office result from the European labour force survey data. The survey follows the approach of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and to allow a comparison that is independent of national regulation of the labour market. In all EU countries, the risk of having no job, depends on the level of education. The unemployment rate is among people with higher education and professional degree or a higher vocational-technical education in the Federal Republic at only 3.7 percent; in the EU, it is only slightly lower with 3.6 percent.

With the unemployment rate of people with vocational training or high school diploma, the difference is even greater: in this country stands at 8.2 percent and the EU average at six percent. German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged therefore to improve the education opportunities for young people. A chance should be given to each”, the Chancellor said. The Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) stressed the need for investment of day-care centers, schools, universities and training institutions. This is on up to ten Estimated at billions of euros. The countries it would not be possible this horrendous sum,”alone to raise, as Wowereit. Support by the Federal Government was possible, without that the competence of the countries in question would be provided.