Re:Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)
by xorfish on Sunday January 12, 2020 @04:22AM
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This is mostly the system we have in Switzerland.
Only around 20% of teens go directly from school to an university. The rest makes a three or four year long apprenticeship, starting at age 15-16. Apprentices get compensated in the range of 500 to 2000 chf per month.
You can combine the apprenticeship with a secondary education that allows you to go to universities of applied science to study engineering, computer science or whatever it is you are interested in.
So most Swiss with a tertiary education got some practical experience before they stated their tertiary education.
Only around 20% of teens go directly from school to an university. The rest makes a three or four year long apprenticeship, starting at age 15-16. Apprentices get compensated in the range of 500 to 2000 chf per month.
You can combine the apprenticeship with a secondary education that allows you to go to universities of applied science to study engineering, computer science or whatever it is you are interested in.
So most Swiss with a tertiary education got some practical experience before they stated their tertiary education.