The Department of School Education, Haryana, in collaboration with the German Embassy, has decided to teach German language as an optional subject at the government schools.
This programme is aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020, framework to impart global language skills and boost international employability for students.
To build the instructional framework, the state government is currently sourcing and training the existing talent from within its regular cadre. The teachers desirous of teaching German language to schoolchildren have been asked to apply on the management information system (MIS) portal. The PGTs (English), TGTs (Social Studies) and TGTs (English) are eligible for the programme and need to apply by May 20.
Teachers have been asked to mention if they have taken any certification/course related to German or other languages. The communique, however, clarifies that the submission of the EOI does not guarantee selection.
“The initiative aims to create a pool of interested teachers for training and future implementation of German language programme at government schools in Haryana,” stated a communique issued by the office of the Director General, Secondary Education, Haryana.
The selected teachers would undergo upskilling programmes to equip them with German language teaching proficiency in collaboration with the German Embassy.
The initiative mirrors the “German in 1,000 Schools” programme launched in 2012 by the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, which aimed at introducing German as an additional or third foreign language into the Indian state-run education system.
The move follows a similar recent training programme run by the State Council of Educational Research and Training to introduce French at the government schools.
