PASCH Initiative Schools: Partners for the Future

Exciting curiosity for Germany, motivating young people to learn German and connecting them globally - these are the goals of the ‘Schools: Partners for the Future’ (PASCH) initiative.

PASCH-Schülerinnen und PASCH-Schüler lächeln in die Kamera und halten bunte Zettel mit deutschen Wörtern nach oben. ©PASCH-net/Anne Essel

Guiding Principles

Four guiding principles determine the orientation of PASCH:

prospects by means of education
broadening horizons by multilingualism
access to language and education
joint tackling of future problems as an international community of learners

Learning. Together. Worldwide!

Playing a key role within the PASCH initiative, the Goethe-Institut makes great efforts to spark interest in learning the German language. German is to become a permanent and long-term part of the curriculum of all PASCH schools.

Therefore, experts for German language work directly at many of the Goethe-Institut’s branches around the world and give advice to schools that wish to introduce or expand German as a foreign language. Moreover, the Goethe-Institut equips the PASCH schools it supports with modern materials for teaching German as a foreign language.

The PASCH schools’ German teachers are eligible for methodological and didactic trainings as well as language courses provided by the Goethe-Institut. A selected number of pupils can even experience Germany for themselves during the annual PASCH youth camps.

Furthermore, the Goethe-Institut raises awareness for career opportunities that arise from German language skills. Pupils of PASCH schools are encouraged to apply to study at a university or for an apprenticeship in Germany.
Young people stay in touch with the initiative even after they took their final exams at a PASCH school. Within the PASCH alumni network, the Goethe-Institut organises alumni meetings and provides opportunities for personal interaction.

Facts and Figures

2008

was the year of the initial launch of the initiative and the Goethe-Institut started to cooperate with the first PASCH schools.

125

countries would be part of the itinerary for a journey to all of the more than 700 PASCH schools currently cooperating with the Goethe-Institut.

250.000

PASCH pupils learn German at the schools currently cooperating with the Goethe-Institut.

18.000

pupils worldwide were awarded a scholarship to join one of the PASCH youth camps since 2008.

PASCH-net

The website www.pasch-net.de provides information on the PASCH partner institutions and their global activities. An interactive map shows the school network. Teachers and their pupils can browse through materials for German lessons and discover a wide variety of activities to take part in.

The image is taken from the point of view of a person holding a tablet. The tablet screen shows the website www.pasch-net.de with colourful graphics and photos. © PASCH-net © PASCH-net

Contact

For further information, please send an email.

info@pasch-net.de

PASCH partners

PASCH is coordinated by the Federal Foreign Office and implemented in cooperation with the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA), the Goethe-Institut, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Educational Exchange Service (PAD) of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany.