Education for the future
Education for the Future ( Gelecek İçin Eğitim in Turkish ) is an education campaign initiated in 2006 by four German-Turkish associations to improve the educational opportunities of children and young people with a migration background in Germany .
background
The impetus was provided by a special PISA study published in May 2006 , according to which the chances of success for students with a migration background are so poorly guaranteed in no other comparative country as in Germany. In this context, the education researcher Mechthild Gomolla spoke of institutionalized discrimination against migrant children in the German education system.
On September 23, 2006, a few months after the PISA results became known through an OECD report, “Education for the Future” was presented to the First Counselor of Turkey in Berlin Kemal Tüzün in the presence of State Minister Maria Böhmer , Vice President of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs Klaus Böger , as well as the chairmen of the initiating associations Turkish Community in Germany (TGD), Federation of Turkish Parents 'Associations in Germany (FÖTED), Federation of Turkish Teachers' Associations in Germany (ATÖF) and Federal Association of Turkish Student Associations (BTS). In July 2006, the then chairman of the TGD, Kenan Kolat , submitted an offer for a migrant education initiative at the first integration summit .
The large-scale campaign was intended to appeal to parents and students of Turkish origin in Germany.
She is accompanied by German and Turkish media. As direct partners of the campaign, Hürriyet , Milliyet , Türkiye , Sabah and Zaman supported almost all major Turkish-language daily newspapers in Germany and the German-Turkish radio stations TD1 , Türk Show , Metropol FM and - as the only German institution - RBB Radio Multi-Kulti , the campaign.
Goal setting
With "Education for the Future", the initiators literally want:
- In five years, the proportion of parents of Turkish origin will be adjusted to the proportion of pupils of Turkish origin in schools.
- Increase the number of Turkish-born student representatives in schools.
- Halve the number of students of Turkish origin without a degree and significantly improve those with an intermediate degree and high school diploma.
10 points for more participation
To achieve these goals, ten “points for more participation” were worked out: More educational awareness should be created in the media, mainly through the Turkish-language media in Germany. Second, a website should provide information about "the advice centers and parents' associations in the respective federal states, offers from the state governments, legal texts on parental participation (with Turkish translation) and the rights of parents". Education ambassadors from the TGD should also be sent to convey educational opportunities and coordinated campaigns should be organized with “education trucks”. With the nationwide establishment of “parent schools” or “parent academies”, as they were already offered by the FÖTED in Berlin, the qualification of Turkish parents with regard to the exercise of rights and duties within the German school system should be improved. High school graduates of Turkish origin should take on a role model role in promoting young talent, especially in the focus of Berlin. In connection with the need for positive role models, Kenan Kolat and German politicians also mentioned the goal of increasing the proportion of teachers with a migration background, as their proportion of the teaching staff is too low. With the campaign “Say hello to your child's teacher!”, Parents should be encouraged to go to their children's schools to introduce themselves to the teachers. The exemplary childbirth of migrant parents should be financially supported and rewarded by Turkish associations and companies in order to create incentives for other schools to improve the integration of the parents. In cooperation with foundations, projects for sponsorships for schoolchildren with a migration background were to be created nationwide in order to support them in coping with school challenges. In addition, the development of information materials in Turkish should encourage parental participation in school.
Status of the initiative (March 2007)
In March 2007, under the motto “I did it, you can do it too”, the 50 best trainees of Turkish origin and high school graduates from all over Germany were invited to Berlin to encourage schoolchildren to take their education into their own hands. At that time, 33 education ambassadors were in Germany in the name of “Education for the Future” (100 were targeted), and German-Turkish business associations have also promised financial support for exemplary schools. The Adult Education Association was won as a partner in order to enable a further improvement in school qualifications. The planned “parent academies” had also set up initial offers. In North Rhine-Westphalia these were so well received by Turkish parents that there were not enough places.
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ OECD report sees fewer educational opportunities for migrant children in Germany. In: www.ngo-online.de. May 16, 2006, accessed April 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Mechthild Gomolla: Institutional Discrimination in the Educational System: Theory, Research Results and Perspectives for Action. In: Website of the Heinrich Böll Foundation , www.boell.de. February 18, 2008, accessed April 18, 2014 .
- ↑ Ertekin Özcan : Speech by the Federal Chairman of the FÖTED Dr. Ertekin Özcan to present the education campaign of the TGD in cooperation with the FÖTED, ATÖF and BTS. (No longer available online.) In: Association of Turkish Journalists in Europe eV, atgb.info. September 23, 2006, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved April 19, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jörg Säuberlich: Integration Summit: Merkel extremely satisfied. In: Der Tagesspiegel , tagesspiegel.de. July 14, 2006, accessed April 19, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Turkish community in Germany : Presentation: Education for the future! An education campaign by the Turkish community in Germany. In: tgd.de. Retrieved April 19, 2014 .
- ^ A b DGB Bildungswerk : Education the key to integration: Campaign of the Turkish community. In: www.migration-online.de. March 1, 2007, accessed April 19, 2014 .
- ↑ Sonja Pohlmann: Turks are committed to education. In: Der Tagesspiegel , www.tagesspiegel.de. January 3, 2007, accessed April 19, 2014 .
