Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: rapid (adj). a part of a river where the current is very fast. rapid (adj). done or occurring in a brief period of time. a rapid rise through the ranks. rapid, speedy (adj). characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed.
In Germany, most adults whose highest level of attainment is upper secondary or post-secondary education have a vocational qualification (see above) and these adults have above-average employment rates, especially among younger adults: 85% of 25-34 year-olds with a vocational upper
Germany has high standards in the education of craftspeople. Historically very few people attended college. In the 1950s for example, 80 percent had only Volksschule (primary school)-Education of 6 or 7 years.n western Germany the child of an academic is 7.26 times as likely as the child of a skilled worker to attend a Gymnasium, while in eastern Germany a child from an academic background is only 2.78 times as likely as a working class child to attend a Gymnasium.