Germany in Qatar: Introduction of the German language in public schools as part of the Qatar National Vision 2030
As part of the Qatari National Vision 2030, the Qatari government is introducing selected foreign languages at its government schools. German is one of the languages to be offered. German language classes have been part of the curriculum at only one school in Doha, the Tarek bin Ziad Secondary School for Boys, a member of the PASCH Schools initiative of the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region.
The Hassan bin Thabit Secondary School for Boys in Doha, under Principal Ahmed Jusef Al Mahmoud, has now taken on a pioneering role for the 2023/24 school year: it is the first school
within the new education initiative to offer German as a foreign language. Four more schools – including girls’ schools – are set to follow in 2024.
The inauguration ceremony of the German language program that took place on 23.11.2023 witnessed the attendance of the German Ambassador Lothar Freischlader, Cultural Attaché Kerstin Vaessen, the representative of the Qatari Ministry of Education and Higher Education Nadeya Shamlan as well as the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region, being the German expert authority on German language instruction, represented by the Director of the institute, Gabriele Becker and the Director of the Language Department Svea Lang.
The language skills of the newcomers to German were impressive despite the only few lessons they studied. This is indeed a credit not only to the diligence of the pupils, but also certainly to the experience of German teacher Hesham Ibrahim. The students were rewarded with a donation of books from the Goethe-Institut for the school library. The Goethe-Institut Gulf Region is looking forward to offer further support!
Project Day PASCH Schools Muscat - Students, as part of the collaboration with the Oman Ministry of Education, participated in an event at the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region Muscat. They attended a German lesson, participated in relaxation and meditation exercises, and had a lot of fun learning German with interactive exercises and games!
Outdoor program for PASCH Schools, Oman. The Goethe-Institut Golf-Region Muscat is organizing a beach clean-up action in collaboration with 'saveomanbeaches'. Students will participate afterward in poster-making and other fun activities in German. Follow us here for further updates on this program. Click here to see the event.
The Goethe-Institut Gulf Region is pleased to be able to send several young people to Germany for summer courses as part of the PASCH scholarship project. On Sunday, July 2nd, we said goodbye to our four PASCH scholarship holders from Oman accompanied by a teacher at Muscat Airport so that they could fly to Stuttgart so start their course in Karlsruhe. They returned at the end of July.
The four PASCH scholarship holders from Abu Dhabi will begin their journey in August. We wish them every success and a great exchange with other learners from all over the world.
