Overview

• The Wirtschaftsministerium in Magdeburg announced that students aged 15 and above in vocational preparatory year, one-year vocational schools without a professional qualification and vocational high schools are now eligible for the internship grant.
• Participants receive €120 per week for placements lasting up to four weeks in a calendar year.
• For 2025, the state has allocated €450,000 to the scheme, splitting €200,000 towards crafts and €250,000 for agricultural and forestry internships.
• Nearly 100 students have already taken up paid agricultural placements through the scheme this year.
• Economic Minister Sven Schulze described the expansion as an active measure to invest in talent and secure the region’s skilled workforce.