The Goethe-Institut Bangladesh (GIB) renewed the memorandum of understandings of the PASCH initiative “Schools: Partners for the Future” with its five partner schools. The main objectives of the partnership for the next three years were discussed during a reception at the Goethe-Institut Bangladesh auditorium on Sunday evening.
HE Peter Fahrenholtz, German Ambassador to Bangladesh und Dr Kirsten Hackenbroch, Director of Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, welcomed the representatives of all five partner schools to the event and discussed about the future initiatives for the young learners of the partner schools in Bangladesh. They also emphasized the objective of creating vivid and long-lasting links between Bangladesh and Germany through the initiative PASCH.
The principals, PASCH school coordinators and many teachers of the five partner schools, i.e. Maple Leaf International School, Oxford International School, European Standard School, Chattogram Mastermind International School and South Point School & College, were present at the event. Furthermore, the PASCH coordinator of Goethe-Institut Bangladesh, Kamrul Hasan, and the DAAD representative, Rumana Kabir, provided insights and outlooks on the PASCH programme and the opportunities of higher education in Germany.
Last year, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh and its five partner schools, Oxford International School, European Standard School, South Point School and College, Maple leaf International School and Chattogram Mastermind International School, celebrated 10 years of “Schools: Partner for the Future” (PASCH initiative) with a concert of a German-Swiss reagga and dancehall band Raggabund. The four-members band Raggabund rocked the audience at the National Theater Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy last year on the 10th September. This event was followed by a theatre performance by a German group Die Mimosen on 18th September 2018. The two-member group performed "Josephine and the Brothers of the Wind" – a fairytale centering on climate change at the Goethe-Institut’s auditorium.
PASCH “Schools: Partners for the Future” (PASCH) initiative has started its journey in Bangladesh since 2009 since then it has five partner schools in Bangladesh. Currently, there are more than 1400 young learners are being taught German by their 19 well trained PASCH teachers. Recently, the PASCH initiative has extended their collaboration with all the five partner schools.
