The Dual Education System: New Avenues in German-Mexican Bilateral Cooperation

Enrique Palos Sotos and Marc Herráiz Esteban begin from the premise that it is necessary to promote greater links between formal education and the industrial apparatus in Mexico with a view to encouraging the country’s economic and social development. They consider the setting-up of an alternative dual education system that allows companies to actively participate in educating students. In a similar vein, they closely examine the state of the dual education system in Germany, a country where this has been successfully developed out and whose government has shown a keen interest in working with Mexico on the matter, and they take account of the needs of German industry’s significant and growing presence in Mexico. They also make mention of Mexico’s experience in this area and of Mexican-German cooperation in dual education. Finally, they set out the advantages this system offers to industry and employment in Mexico, pointing to the requirements and challenges that would be involved in implementing the system in Mexico.