translate English to German: The purpose of the reform is to ensure and improve youth training opportunities and the high quality of vocational training for all young people The latest edition of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) journal "BWP - Berufsbildung in Wissenschaft und Praxis" (Vocational Training in Research and Practice) is devoted to that topic. This issue of BWP gives an overview of the principal revisions of the Act, asks prominent vocational training experts what is in the new Act for them and what they see as the main tasks in implementing it, and finally publishes initial reflections on its implementation in priority areas such as the examination system and full-time vocational schools.
Demzufolge hat sich die Zahl der neuen Ausbildungsverträge bundesweit gegenüber 2003 um über 15.300 erhöht, der erste Zuwachs seit 1999.