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Education in Germany is primarily the responsibility of individual German states (Länder), with the federal government only playing a minor role. While kindergarten (nursery school) is optional, formal education is compulsory for all children ages 6 to 15. [ 1 ]
In 1970, the EEC's Economic and Social Committee set up a study group to examine education and training in the then six EEC Member States. The committee proposed establishing a European institute for professional training research and guidance, largely based on the West German model. Cedefop was established on 10 February 1975.
In 1952, West Germany became part of the European Coal and Steel Community, which would later evolve into the European Union. On 5 May 1955 West Germany was declared to have the "authority of a sovereign state". [b] The British, French and U.S. militaries remained in the country, just as the Soviet Army remained in East Germany. Four days after ...
The University of Greifswald is the smallest among the oldest universities of Germany. This is a list of the ten oldest universities that have been in continuous operation since their founding in present-day Germany. The oldest university in the modern German-speaking world is the University of Vienna founded in 1365.
Unlike West Germany, East Germany accomplished large-scale education reform and introduced a dense network of high-standard education facilities, especially kindergartens [citation needed]. A unique characteristic of East German kindergartens was the strong educational background of these institutions.
RWTH Aachen is one of Germany's leading universities of technology and was chosen by DFG as one of nine German Universities of Excellence. the RWTH Aachen University; the University of Bielefeld; the University of Bochum; the University of Bonn; the University of Cologne; the German Sport University Cologne; the TU Dortmund University
Education and Society in Modern Europe (1979); focus on Germany and France with comparisons to US and Britain; Sagarra, Eda. A Social History of Germany, 1648–1914 (1977) online; Schleunes, Karl A. "Enlightenment, reform, reaction: the schooling revolution in Prussia." Central European History 12.4 (1979): 315-342 online
The West German student movement (German: Westdeutsche Studentenbewegung), sometimes called the 1968 movement in West Germany (German: 1968 Bewegung in Westdeutschland), was a social movement that consisted of mass student protests in West Germany in 1968. Participants in the movement later came to be known as 68ers.