The vision of Digitalization and Industry 4.0 has been widely discussed. Furthermore, the topic encompasses a) a reorganization process of all industrial activities through new options for communication, triggered by the Internet of Things, and b) a massive change of private living conditions influenced by the extensive use of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).

These developments have an impact in all countries, regardless of the individual state of development of industrial production. The central question arises whether the Dual System of Vocational Education and Training as practiced in Germany and some other European countries for the training of skilled workers in industry, handicraft and service tasks, is also an adequate system to provide answers to these challenges.

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Previously known as extracurriculum, co-curricular activity is an extended activity of classroom-based learning or program which is located outside the educational curriculum. Co-curricular activity are essential in the development of a learner’s potential in terms of nurturing national integration, helping to develop community and forming self-identity. A survey was conducted to identify the potential of dual TVET system players and their perception towards the potential of co-curricular activity. The finding shows that the dual TVET system players do have high potential in enhancing the co-curricular activity.

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The topic of dual vocational education and training in Russia has become especially popular since 2013, when the project of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives (ASI), which was called “Training of personnel, which is meeting the requirements of high-tech industries based on dual education” was launched. Methodical support of the project was carried out by the Federal Institute for Development of Education (FIRO). At the same time, a project on Dual VET by the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce (AHK) VETnet was launched, which is still ongoing.

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This article provides an overview of the sustainable development of a dual VET model in Peru as an emerging country in the last three decades. Servicio Nacional de Adiestramiento y Trabajo Industrial (SENATI) is a private non-profit VET training institution in Peru, founded by the Peruvian National Society of Industries (Sociedad Nacional de Industrias – SNI) in 1961. The SENATI dual learning programme is industry-led and was established in 1985 to provide dual professional training (two learning venues: training company and SENATI – acting as vocational school and inter-company training centre at the same time. German dual VET and CBT, coined by the recent Anglo-American TVET sphere, have strongly influenced the design and implementation of dual learning programmes.

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