The German Embassy in Bucharest announced on Wednesday, April 30, a financing of EUR 495,000 to support German-language education in Romania in 2025.<\/p>\n
The project aims to facilitate the continued learning of the German language at a native level for students in Romania through regular professional development of German-speaking teachers and the development of modern textbooks. Moreover, young German speakers will be motivated to pursue a teaching career, according to the press release.<\/p>\n
German ambassador Dr. Peer Gebauer and Klaus-Harald Sifft, general director of the Saxonia Foundation, signed the funding agreement at the German Embassy in Bucharest. The project is implemented nationwide by the Saxonia Foundation from R\u00e2\u0219nov.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Around 960 teachers and educators will benefit from allowances, in order to ensure high-quality education in the German language.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very pleased that even in this anniversary year, in which we celebrate 145 years of Romanian-German diplomatic relations, we can financially support German-language education in Romania. In many respects, this is an important flagship project for promoting the German language, for the German minority, and for mutual understanding,\u201d said the ambassador.<\/p>\n
Around 22,000 children and students in Romania benefit from German-language education as a mother tongue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGermany has been financing this extremely important project for our minority since 2015. It has special significance for supporting German-language education in Romania. Public schools that teach in German as a mother tongue are vital for our minority and are in high demand, including among the Romanian-speaking population,\u201d said general director of the Saxonia Foundation, Klaus-Harald Sifft.<\/p>\n