The Volkshochschule im Landkreis Cham e.V. counts as one of the largest adult education centres in Bavaria. It is the largest adult educational provider in the District of Cham, it consists of over 70 full-time employees, over 300 free-lancers in 30 different locations. In addition to the traditional language and culture related courses - standard fare for adult education centres - we also match our program to the needs of the people within the region to provide them with opportunities for attaining vocational qualifications and obtaining employment.
Every year an impressive number of young people pass the (Qualifying) Certificate of Secondary Education and for most of them we can find an apprenticeship or training position. A lot of adults find their way back to the labour market after taking one of our further education training courses. The VHS Cham provides the vocational courses which focus not only on specific knowledge and skills related to the profession, but also development of the social skills, entrepreneurship skills and bringing European values close to the citizens.
The VHS Cham focuses also on the development of new curricula in the context of ECVET, recognition and validation of competences as well as guidance counselling for different target groups.
It has been implementing European projects in the field of vocational and adult education since 2004.