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Aziz Nesin Grundschule, Berlin

public school, minority languages, bilingual education, intercultural learning, integration 

project leader

Aziz Nesin Grundschule

city

Berlin

country

Germany

year

1995 - ongoing

kind of project

school project

kind of actor

public administration

area

education

info

www.aziz-nesin-grundschule.de

more info

Aziz Nesin Elementary School is one of Berlin’s sixteen elementary “Public Europe Schools”. These special type of schools offer bilingual elementary education to children with two different native languages. Out of these sixteen schools Aziz Nesin School is the only Turkish-German “Europe School”, targeting children with Turkish and German as a native language. The concept of the school is that of “linguistic equity in the classroom”. The body of teachers/students is 50 percent Turkish and 50 per cent German. Both languages are treated equally, subjects are taught in German and Turkish alike