Schools Abroad
The network of German schools abroad extends over the whole world. Originally they were to provide schooling for German children who were living abroad temporarily. In recent years the bridging function of these schools has been strengthened by the admission of pupils with native languages other than German.
This campaign is a key focus of cultural relations and education policy in 2010. The Federal Foreign Office aims, along with its partners (Goethe-Institut, German Academic Exchange Service, Central Agency for Schools Abroad, Deutsche Welle, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations and Educational Exchange Service), to get young people abroad interested in the German language and open doors for them to German science, economics and culture, encourage decision makers in politics, education, commerce and the media at home and abroad to support the promotion of German as a foreign language worldwide.
The campaign will help build global education partnerships through a cycle of measures and events both in Germany and abroad.
The "Schools: Partners for the Future" Initiative aims to build up a worldwide network of at least 1000 partner schools through which to awaken young people's interest in and enthusiasm for modern-day Germany and German society.
Former students of German schools abroad who have passed their final examination have founded the so called "TU9-wide network". TU9 is a joint activity of nine German Technical Universities (TU's) addressed to graduates of German Schools abroad now studying in Germany. The network intends to connect students having passed similar learning and educational experiences on German schools abroad while their studies in Germany.
