German School Bogotá
| Colegio Andino - German School | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1922 |
| address |
Carrera 51 Nº 218-85 |
| place | Bogotá |
| Federal District | Bogotá |
| Country | Colombia |
| Coordinates | 4 ° 42 '16 " N , 74 ° 1' 38" W |
| carrier | 1611 |
| Teachers | 142 |
| management | Susanne Preiss |
| Website | www.colegioandino.edu.co |
The Colegio Andino - German School in Bogotá is one of the four German schools in Colombia and was founded in 1922. The school is one of the Colombian recognized education authorities, the Foreign Office and the Standing Conference sponsored German school abroad that from pre-kindergarten through the primary and secondary levels I and II after twelve years of schooling the Colombian high school completion and the German university granted.
history
Foundation and development
A meeting in 1919 on a ship from Germany to Colombia with the pedagogue Elisabeth Schrader and Anton Kraus was the beginning of the idea of a school in Colombia. Anton Kraus' suggestion was to open a German kindergarten in Bogotá. So a group of German friends founded the German School Association on October 4, 1921 to begin the project and then to become the first international school in Bogotá. The first "school location" was on Calle 15 with Carrera 9, in the center of Bogotá, where lessons began in February 1922 in a rented house for 40 students.
Although the domestic political development of Germany in the 1920s was difficult due to crises and attempts to overthrow, the German government supported the German School Bogotá through financial grants and by sending German teachers. Due to the increase in the number of students, the school had to move several times. In 1939 an "anti-Colombian" newspaper advertisement appears in El Tiempo , which was associated with the German School. This affair forced the headmaster Kurt Reisch to leave Colombia, while the German school in Bogotá lost its official recognition. In early 1942, the Colombian Minister of Education, Germán Arciniegas, ordered the closure of all four German schools in Colombia. The two mediated teachers, Martin Schneider and Fritz Müller, who were unable to return for family and health reasons, continued primary lessons in private homes, while the secondary school students had to attend local schools.
New beginning after the Second World War
After the Second World War , the re-established German School Association took over the Colegio Andino from Dr. Müller. In 1948, after lengthy negotiations, the Colombian government succeeded in returning the confiscated assets of the association. Because the FRG supported the school financially during this time, it was obliged to take in children from poorer immigrant families. However, these could not compensate for the lack of language courses, which is why the learning success was very modest, especially for those who had only made it to elementary school in Germany. They were often unable to cope with this deficiency into old age.
Today the school body is the Corporación Cultural Alejandro von Humboldt . In 2016/17, 1611 students were enrolled. The Colegio has a wide and modern infrastructure. The school is located in the north of Bogotá, in the Suba district , Carrera 51 with Calle 218.
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who are we? In: www.colegioandino.edu.co. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
- ^ German School Bogotá - Colegio Andino. In: www.pasch-net.de. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016 ; accessed on March 28, 2017 .
- ^ History. In: www.colegioandino.edu.co. Retrieved April 13, 2020 .
- ↑ School directory of the Federal Administration Office. (Pdf) In: www.bva.bund.de. Retrieved March 28, 2017 .
- ↑ School description . In: www.auslandsschulnetz.de. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017 ; accessed on March 28, 2017 .