Category: School

"The air raids were so bad. We were terribly frightened and hid under the highway bridge at night", 83-year-old ilse foegelle from heiligenstadt tells the story. The senior citizen is on the board of the ebermannstadt seniors’ association "55 plus, who carries out some actions together with students of the middle school ebermannstadt.

This time teacher claudia engemann asked the chairman of the seniors’ representation, wolfgang mehrer, if a contemporary witness could tell something about the time around the second world war, since this was a topic in the history lessons. Ilse foegelle agreed to do so and told the attentively listening young people about her life.

"We want to show a relativized picture of africa. It’s not all good, but it’s not all bad either", hanza diman explains the goal of [email protected]. Together with six colleagues, diman organizes events at schools, makes inquiries to speakers and liaises with educational institutions. In coburg, these are so far the gymnasium ernestinum and the kindergarten leo. "We are pleased to be increasingly known outside bayreuth as well. It’s nice that we are in coburg today", said diman at the youngest visit.

Originally founded by participants of the bayreuth international graduate school of african studies (BIGSAS for short), [email protected] has been part of the model african union bayreuth association since last year, which teaches young people about political conditions in africa by simulating african union congresses. There, the participants slip into the role of individual african countries and then have to make political decisions for their country.

The trade needs young women. The likes of stefanie hahn. The 19-year-old is currently training to become a plant mechanic for heating, sanitary and air-conditioning technology and is full of motivation. "I went to the business school in kitzingen. I often saw the vehicles of the light, power and water works in kitzingen (LKW) driving around. So i thought i’d apply for an internship there," hahn reports. That’s how the ippesheim woman got to her current training position.

Of course, being an installer was not always stefanie’s dream. When she was a child, she dreamed of becoming a policewoman. During her school years, the only option for the apprentice was technical internships in skilled trades. The young woman was drawn from the automotive workshop to warehouse logistics and on to the trade as a painter and plasterer. After a detour into another apprenticeship, she finally arrived at her current profession. After a vacation job offered to her by LKW kitzingen, she began her training in september of last year.

Nevertheless, the new IGLU and TIMSS studies presented in berlin on tuesday also show the weaknesses of german elementary school: educational success is still extremely dependent on social background. There are not enough top students in germany in reading, math and science. And as many as one in five children are considered "at-risk" learners whose performance lags behind.

School researcher wilfried bos said: "germany has been able to maintain its high position with its overall performance – and this under more difficult conditions."The proportion of migrant children in german elementary schools has risen to around 27 percent – a quarter more than ten years ago. Overall, the federal republic of germany is on a par with the major OECD industrialized nations.

The autumn festival of the fire department schwarzenau was described by commander jens gunther as "something special". And this in several respects. Father matthaus sandrock blessed two vehicles and norbert kempf, a deserving firefighter, was honored.

New in the inventory of the schwarzenau fire department is a used fire boat, which according to commander jens gunther was acquired a year ago with the approval of the town council. The rescue boat was taken out of service by the firefighting school in wurzburg and, after some repairs, made ready for use again. For a fire department in a community that lies on the river main and has a number of dredging lakes in its area, a boat like this is a useful tool, the commandant emphasized. The second investment is a VW bus. This vehicle also came from the firefighting school and was purchased by the firefighters’ association. Gunther thanked the fire department association for providing the funds and the municipality for covering the operating costs. He also praised those who attended the fire brigade’s festivities, thus enabling the association to make such purchases.