In the private sector, 698,000 contracts were recorded compared to 510,300 in 2020 and 354,000 in 2019, i.e. a near doubling in two years despite the Covid-19 health crisis.
Accessible to young people aged 16 to 29, apprenticeship is based on the principle of alternating between theoretical education and vocational training with the employer with whom the apprentice has signed his contract.
A job often at the key
“We have a real cultural revolution with a development of learning at all levels of diplomas”, welcomed the Minister of Labor, Élisabeth Borne.
As in previous years, this increase is still driven by higher education, which represents 62% of apprenticeship contracts. But “this is not done to the detriment of the baccalaureate and infra baccalaureate levels”, she underlines, where its effect on integration into employment is the strongest. These levels are up 21% this year compared to 13% last year.
According to the latest figures from 2020, six out of ten young people are in employment six months after the end of their apprenticeship. “It’s a privileged way to train while being paid, very often with a job”, summarizes Élisabeth Borne.