BBZ Lima agrees cooperation with University of Kassel

The German School Abroad in Lima and the University in Kassel have formalized their already existing cooperation in the form of an agreement. The basis is the simplified access of graduates of the school and the BBZ Alexander von Humboldt.

In addition, the university is offering up to two trainees in the occupation of office management assistant the opportunity to complete a four-week internship in its International Office. The young people will be accommodated in host families so that they can get a particularly quick and intensive contact with the country and its people and, of course, the working environment. "It's an interesting insight into the world of a German university, but also into a different way of life," assures Adriana Chavez, one of the two interns selected for this project in July.

The agreement also foresees the visit of business education students to Lima. At the beginning of the school year, the second business education student from Kassel already completed a general school internship at the BBZ in Peru. In close consultation with those responsible for the faculty, various teaching experiments were recorded and supplemented by many hours of observation.

"The students seem to have a high level of identification with the school and already have clear ideas about their academic and professional future at a relatively young age. Many, for example, are aiming for subsequent studies in Germany to optimize their career opportunities," says Philipp Schleyer, a student in the master's program in business education, describing his impressions, adding, "Overall, I really enjoyed my time at BBZ and am glad I chose this school at the time."

"An absolute win-win situation," notes Alf Buddecke, head of the BBZ in Lima, pointing out that on the part of the University of Kassel, the intention is to also provide financial support to good graduates of the school and the BBZ when they take up studies in the STEM field.

The Vocational Training Center of the Peruvian-German School "Alexander von Humboldt" is one of the 140 German schools abroad that are supervised by the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA) of the Federal Office of Administration on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office and with the cooperation of the German states. The ZfA supports the schools in terms of personnel, finances and pedagogy and accompanies their quality-oriented school development.

Original message: Federal Office of Administration - Central Agency for Schools Abroad