(ag) Last Thursday was the second part of Series of "education for all and that for nothing! - Exclusion and discrimination of migrants in education "instead.
had time the GHG and the SDS invited to a discussion on access opportunities and problems of migrants to the university. " As the speakers were Dr. Karamba Diaby, Stefan Geyer and Umair Qureshi loaded, the discussion was moderated by Nadia Hagen of Radio Corax.
In the first part of the round table discussed the existing problems of students with immigrant backgrounds.
Dr. Diaby is to follow the choice of where to study of international students from the strong financial situation of
From parents as to study abroad can be very costly. Diaby, who studied in Halle and Ph.D., is Chairman of the Advisory Council of the City Hall and is located in the City Council for the SPD.
He sees problems even with the entry requirements, as is often not recognized, the foreign school at German universities. Many times a lack of information about access conditions, completely, making it very difficult for foreign students, even for study purposes. Furthermore, pre-paid must be
a financial guarantee of about 8000 € if people want to apply for a visa. This sickness insurance for foreigners often costs more than for nationals. If
overcome the many difficulties of access, once the problems start in the actual student life. Umair Qureshi
knows this only too well. The student of political science is a native Pakistani and research assistant in the Protectorate for study, teaching, training and international relations. He was also a long time in AK International Students in the Student Council active. He complained in particular that the lectures are held almost exclusively in German. The switch to the BA / MA system, the situation has improved somewhat, but still there are too few English-language events.
What he also is missing is a better support for international Students. There are hardly any offers for them, even outside the study programs such as Erasmus, country and people can become acquainted. While there are approaches to better serve in Halle guarantee, but this fails regularly at the immigration office, as they failed financial support.
The lack of welcoming culture is also raised Stefanie Geyer. She is secretary for education and higher education policy of the Group of The Left in parliament and a former board member of "free association of student bodies." It calls for meeting rooms must be provided for students.
Another problem is for them to finance of study. While there is an item of 500 million euros in the German budget for international students, eg to assist with scholarships, but this was reduced last year by about 5%.
is difficult the situation particularly for so-called "free mover", ie international students who organize their stay in Germany independently and finance. For them, it is often difficult to be included in a scholarship program.
not the only problem should be discussed this evening, and solutions should be presented to the listeners.
opportunities for financial support, see Halle Students for example, when Student Council, may award the interest-free loans. However, the budget is too small to support all who need help. As
approach at the federal level called Stefanie Geyer abolish tuition fees to ensure all have equal access to higher education.
For Dr. Diaby at the country level must be links from social networks, so as to more effective counter the problems.
But the spot in hall can be anything done to improve the situation of students with an immigrant background. So shall the AK International students are revitalized to the problems at the MLU to accept. The SDS
MLU supports these efforts and calls for equal treatment of all students, regardless of which country they call home.
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