Learn with us how the education in Germany works! The German school system is very different to other countries’ school systems. It is obligatory until the kid is 15 years old. It has four or five categories depending on the Federal State:
Kindergrippe, Kindergarten or Kindertagespflege
More information here:
List of schools in Lower Saxony
In Germany it is extremely difficult to find a vacancy for your child in a nursery school. For this reason, it is recommended to register your kid as soon as possible and look for other alternatives in case of being rejected by the nursery-school of your choice.
Your kids do not need to speak English to enter, they will learn German very quickly by playing with other children. The groups of children are small and there is one nursery-school teacher for 20 children. Not all nursery-schools provide meals for children, although this is quite common in Kitas.
Familien Service Büro
Adresse: Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 24, 30159 Hannover
Telefon: 05 11 / 168-43535
Fax: 05 11 / 168-41170
E-Mail: familienservicebuero@hannover-stadt.de
Check here a list of all the nursery schools available:
Jugendamt Braunschweig
Addresse: Eiermarkt 4 – 5, 38100 Braunschweig
Telefon: 05 31/4 70-1
Fax: 05 31/4 70-84 04
Check here a list of all the nursery schools available:
Jugendamt Stadt Osnabrück
Jugendamt Stadt Osnabrück
Addresse: Hannoversche Str. 6-8, 49084 Osnabrück
Telefon: 0541 / 323-0
E-Mail: kinderjugendfamilien@osnabrueck.de
Check here a list of all the nursery schools available:
Jugendamt Landkreis Oldenburg
Addresse: Delmenhorster Str. 6, 27793 Wildeshausen
Telefon: 0 44 31/85-0
Fax: 0 44 31/85-5 40
E-Mail: jugendamt@oldenburg-kreis.de
Check here a list of all the nursery schools available:
Frühe Hilfen, Familienbegleitung, Babybesuchsdienst
Adresse: Neuhäuser Str. 9, Drömlingcenter 38448 Wolfsburg
Telefon: 0 53 63 / 813036-40 oder 0 53 63 / 813036-31
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Do you want to be able to help your children with their choice of their future career? There is no better way than by knowing the German school and vocational training system. We can assist you and you will be able to spread this knowledge further: since 2012, BNW has trained and assisted parents with migration backgrounds in becoming “intercultural parent mediators”. The idea is very simple: we mediate and train parents about the school system and education in Germany and, later on, they work as multipliers with other parents and families that have similar questions regarding their children’s education.
Those parents become real consultants and play an important role in the children’s professional lives.
Would you like to know more about the education in Germany? Are you interested in becoming an intercultural parent mediator? Would you like to train the members of your association? If you are interested in this workshop, please contact us and we will be glad to help you.
Parents have the right to ask teachers the following questions:
Parents can ask teachers to show them their children’s tests and marks
In parent-teacher conferences parents may ask teachers to describe the way they structure and give lessons
During parent meetings (parent evenings) which should take place regularly parents have the right to express requests and complaints and to ask questions on the class and the school.
Parents have the right to elect a parents’ spokesperson for their class. The election takes place during the first parent meeting (parent evening) of the school year. After two years a new election is carried out.
All the parents’ spokespersons of the individual classes form the parents’ council. If fundamental changes (school organization, assessment of performance) are up for discussion the parents’ council has to be heard and may deliberate. The chairperson of the school parents’ council represents all the parents of the entire school.
Parents with a foreign background very often have different problems and questions than the rest of the parents. Therefore there is an additional way for parents of pupils with a foreign background to get involved in the parents’ council. If there are several pupils with a foreign background at a school (at least 10) and none of their parents is a member of the school’s parents’ council, those parents may choose between them one full and one deputy member for the school parents’ council.
Parents are allowed to view their child’s pupil file. It contains files of the school, of the school counselling service and of the school health service. Personal data on behavioural problems or disciplinary actions are protected specifically. Viewing the pupil file is only possible in the school building.
Subject to prior consultation with the teacher parents are allowed to sit in on individual lessons.
At the beginning of the second term of 4th grade you will receive initial information on the type of secondary school your child seems well-suited for. The actual recommendation will be given about five weeks before the end of the 4th school year of Grundschule (primary school). The school recommendation is based on the following criteria: child’s level of proficiency, learning progress during Grundschule, work and social behaviour and information gathered in conversations with the parents. After receipt of this recommendation and of the report card you have the possibility to arrange a counselling interview with the school. Afterwards you, the parents, decide which type of school your child shall attend.
