50% of all German school students graduating this year will be awarded with an Abitur. The changed view of learning a trade isn't just in the peoples minds, it's actually encouraged by the government. Thanks to the Bologna reform, the old way of going to a trade school is being looked down upon and graduating from college is the new default. Even when you are completing trade school, you are nowadays often awarded with a "Fachabitur" which again encourages people to go to college.
In my city for example the number of college students doubled within the last 10 years. Rents for small apartments got raised accordingly, obviously, and this put more pressure on blue collar workers to put their children into college.
Nothing wrong with exposing as many children as possible to coding. Forcing them isn't good, but making sure that in grades 1-4 they get to play good logic/coding games in computer lab time is a plus.
In my city for example the number of college students doubled within the last 10 years. Rents for small apartments got raised accordingly, obviously, and this put more pressure on blue collar workers to put their children into college.