School abroad

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School abroad
Type of school (general) School abroad, mostly native or bilingual
ISCED level various levels
School board mostly foreign institutions
requirement linguistic proficiency
Graduation partly international degrees
number approx. 6,000 (3/2012)
student approx, 3,000,000 (3/2012)

A school abroad is a school whose educational goals , curricula and qualifications are based on the home country, but is located abroad. From the point of view of the host country, it is an international school . Schools abroad typically teach in their mother tongue or bilingual and are aimed at both foreign and domestic students. The degrees are mostly recognized in the home country as well as in the home country, the schools are mostly privately sponsored , but in particular also funded by the public sector in the home country.

Germany

The promotion of the German school system abroad is a joint task of the federal and state governments. It takes place by sending teachers and financial donations to recognized German schools abroad with authorization to take the Abitur examination and has been regulated by law since 2014. The sponsors of the around 140 schools abroad are mostly associations or private foundations, which are mainly financed by school fees. As early as 1575, the first, still existing school abroad, the Sankt-Petri-Schule , was founded in Copenhagen . Around 300 years later, in 1878, the Reichsschulfonds, the first state funding instrument, was launched. Since then, the German schools abroad have been freely run and publicly funded. The German school system abroad is considered to be the oldest example of a public-private partnership . The vast majority of German schools abroad are located in Europe, Latin America and Asia. As part of the foreign cultural and educational policy of the Federal Republic of Germany, they are, alongside the Goethe Institutes and language diploma schools, the most important institutions for teaching and maintaining the German language abroad.

Around 2000 German teachers, who are placed through the Central Office for Schools Abroad (ZfA) in Bonn, are employed at German schools abroad. In addition, more than 6,400 German and non-German teachers work as so-called local teachers at schools abroad. The ZfA, which is subordinate to the Federal Administration Office (BVA), is responsible for the global management of German schools abroad. It looks after the German schools abroad and also supports around 1000 language diploma schools, i. H. State schools abroad where German is taught as a foreign language.

The Federal- State Committee for School Work Abroad (BLASchA), established in 1992 through an agreement between the Foreign Office (AA) and the Standing Conference (KMK ), is responsible for the cooperation between the KMK and the AA. In the Bundestag, the Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy Subcommittee regularly deals with issues relating to schools abroad and initiates legislative projects such as the Schools Abroad Act .

The majority of German schools abroad are part of the World Association of German Schools Abroad (WDA), which was founded in 2003 and represents the schools abroad to the federal government, the KMK and the ZfA. The Education and Science Union (GEW) represents the interests of foreign teachers. The GEW Arbeitsgruppe Auslandslehrer (AGAL), founded in 1956, advises and supports teachers in schools abroad, organizes regular specialist conferences and advocates good working conditions, democratic participation and appropriate pay at schools abroad.

Austria

Austrian school abroad (Austrian school abroad)
Type of school
Country Austria
ISCED level 1,2, partly 0 and 3A / B
Classification (national) General school / other general school (statute) or vocational school / other vocational school (statute)  (19.3 or 29.1)
School board Republic of Austria
Duration differently
Graduation only partially
number 8 (2019/20)

The Österreichische Auslandsschule (Austrian school abroad) is an official type of school with an Austrian curriculum . The school abroad belong to school Nomenclature to the general statute schools or other vocational schools (statute) , so schools with an autonomous organization.

The following schools belong to this type of school:

Switzerland

The Swiss schools abroad ( Swiss schools ) are federally recognized schools of various Swiss communities abroad. You follow the Swiss school system (for Matura) or the International Baccalaureate. There are a total of 17 such schools.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b International Schools Around The World ( Memento of April 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), ISC Research international schools database; Infobox on the main page , last called on March 10, 2012
  2. ↑ Law on the Promotion of German Schools Abroad ( Auslandsschulgesetz - ASchulG ) v. August 26, 2013 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 3306 ); came into force on January 1, 2014.
  3. ^ School network abroad - public-private partnership. In: www.auslandsschulnetz.de. Retrieved August 8, 2016 .
  4. ^ German schools abroad. In: Foreign Office. Retrieved August 8, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b c system of school types. (PDF; 2 MB) Index of key figures for the types of school in the Austrian school system. In: BMBWF. November 30, 2016, p. 34 .;
  6. ↑ a b c d Austrian schools abroad. Details about the locations. In: Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research. Retrieved April 2, 2020 .
  7. ^ Austrian School Budapest
  8. ↑ Austro-Hungarian European School Budapest
  9. ^ Instituto Austriaco Guatemalteco
  10. ^ Austrian St. Georg College, Istanbul
  11. ^ Austrian grammar school in Prague
  12. ^ Collegio Austriaco Mexicano
  13. ↑ Austrian School Shkodra
  14. ↑ formatio private school
  15. ^ Heinz Faßmann : Parliamentary response to inquiries regarding Austrian schools abroad. (PDF; 752 kB) In: parlament.gv.at . April 30, 2018 .;