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Pädagogischer Austauschdienst
The ''Pädagogischer Austauschdienst'' (PAD; ; "Paedagogical Exchange Service") organizes international scholastic exchanges between Germany and other countries. It was founded in 1952 and is attached to the ''Kultusministerkonferenz''. Its work is to make possible international encounters, to improve foreign-language teaching in Germany by using young native speakers, to foster the spread of German as a foreign language abroad and to give German teachers opportunities, through exchange programmes, to further educate themselves and to gain experience abroad. History The groundwork for the PAD's founding was laid on 10 August 1951 by the education ministers of the then 12 states of Germany (the Saarland was then still a Saar Protectorate, French protectorate, and Baden-Württemberg was until the next year three separate states) at a meeting held in Königswinter. It was foreseen as a contact point for student and teacher exchanges. In the beginning in April 1952, the PAD was a br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kultusministerkonferenz
The ''Kultusministerkonferenz'' (literally ''conference of ministers of education'') is the assembly of ministers of education of the German states. The body is not part of the federal government, and its directives do not immediately become effective, but first will have to be turned into state law. The full title of the Kultusministerkonferenz is ''Ständige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland'' ("The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany"), but it is usually called the ''Kultusministerkonferenz'', abbreviated KMK. The assembly was founded in 1948 under the name ''Konferenz der deutschen Erziehungsminister'' (literally "Conference of German ministers of education"), before the foundation of the German postwar republics. Today it is the voluntary assembly of the appointed state ministers of education and research. Funded by the states there are a number of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
