Last year, authorities in Germany issued 65,300 positive decisions on applications to have foreign qualifications recognized, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office. This marks a 25 percent increase compared to the previous year. 

The number of rejections meanwhile was down to a total of 2,300 cases.

The overall number of new applications meanwhile also rose by over a quarter last year. 

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More than two-thirds of the positive decisions were in relation to qualifications in the medical field, with the majority of those -- 56% -- being related to professionals in nursing and 14 percent to medical doctors.

Engineers, teachers and other educators were also among the most recognized foreign qualifications.

There have been repeated calls in the past for German officials to lower their standards in admitting people with foreign qualifications into formal employment, with growing gaps in the labor market.

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The vast majority of applications were submitted by foreign nationals, with only 6 percent being German nationals who obtained a qualification in another country.

The majority of positive decisions were made in cases involving individuals from Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Philippines, Tunisia, Syria, India and Ukraine. 

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Germany ahead of OECD average in employment rates

The latest employment report by the Federal Statistical Office also revealed that people with overall lower educational qualifications still have better chances of landing a job in Germany than in other industrialized countries.

Around 66 percent of people with lower qualifications were found to be in employment in Germany last year -- about 10 percent more than the OECD average. 

In the case of people with intermediate-level qualifications -- such as vocational qualification or complete secondary education -- Germany's employment rate of 83 percent also stood above the OECD average of 77 percent.

In the case of highly qualified people, which refers to having a university degree or a top qualification from vocational training courses, the rate of people in employment was at 89 percent, also beating the OECD average of 87 percent.

However, the data from the Federal Statistical Office did not specify rates of lower, intermediate and higher qualifications obtained abroad, only reflecting employment rates according to school qualifications obtained in Germany.

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with dpa