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Press release

Publication date: 2026-07-10

Regional Education Center for Vocational Colleges to be established in Oberbergischer Kreis District government welcomes the first cooperation of this kind in the Cologne administrative district

Press release of the three vocational colleges in Oberbergischer Kreis

Oberbergischer Kreis. The three vocational colleges (Berufskolleg Dieringhausen, Bergisches Berufskolleg Wipperfürth and Wermelskirchen, Kaufmännisches Berufskolleg Oberberg) in Oberbergischer Kreis are joining forces with their school authority, Oberbergischer Kreis, to establish a Regional Education Center for Vocational Colleges (RBZB). The goal of the cooperation is to ensure long-term preservation of educational pathways and training opportunities despite declining enrollment figures, and to guarantee local schooling in the region.
Further information can be found in the linked press release. 

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