And even if most graduates did go to work after graduation the number of graduates are insignificant. Of 45 Consortiums the average number of graduates was 12. The effect of youth apprenticeships on Wisconsin s workforce is insignificant as indicated by the 1999 Public Policy Research study previously cited. In reality a majority of German students in secondary schools or colleges are not able to work while attending school even in the summer because the unemployment rates are so high jobs are kept for adults and youth who need to work and are not students. Students are kept in school as long as possible to create jobs in education and to keep them out of the surplus worker job market.
Hairdresser is a very large program for girls.
For example, American high school Co-op programs in marketing are smaller versions of retail clerk apprenticeships in Germany. American parents would not tolerate tracking students into specific lower status jobs at age 16. Comprehensive high schools like those in the USA are gaining much favor in Germany. It is an opportunity for the Governor to gain political favor without spending state tax dollars. The State legislature and local elected officials do not complain because there is no valid evaluation of the program and those that are receiving the money like it.