Program Line for Secondary-School Students
The Landesstiftung Baden-Württemberg has supplemented its range of scholarships with the “Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for Secondary-School Students”. The aim of the project is to foster the relations of Baden-Württemberg in Europe, and in particular in Eastern Europe, through the exchange of secondary-school students.
With the “Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for Secondary-School Students”, the Landesstiftung annually supports up to 25 secondary-school students aged from 16 to 18 with an international scholarship: the scholarship makes it possible to spend a school year expanding your horizons, making new friendships abroad and learning a new foreign language.
As with the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for University Students, the project is based on the principle of exchange. Next year, the same number of secondary-school students will come from the partner countries to spend an academic year in Baden-Württemberg.
The program partner of the “Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for Secondary-School Students” is the charitable exchange organisation for secondary-school students, AFS Interkulturelle Begegnungen e.V., which has been organising international student exchanges and voluntary services for over 60 years, has many years’ experience of secondary-school student exchanges in Eastern Europe and runs offices and voluntary organisations in the countries involved in the scholarship program.
Secondary-school students from Baden-Württemberg can currently travel to 10 countries with the “Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for Secondary-School Students”:
- Finland
- France
- Italy
- Latvia
- Poland
- Russia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
The young people live with host families, who are carefully selected by the program partner. Regular school attendance in the host country is compulsory. The secondary-school students are prepared well for their year abroad and are supported locally in the host country by AFS.
Scholarship services
- At least two preparatory seminars
- Return travel expenses to the host family
- Orientation seminar in the host country
- Support for secondary-school students and host families
- Attendance at a secondary school
- Min. one follow-up seminar
- Travel arrangements in an emergency
- Health insurance (basic package)
- Accident insurance
- Insolvency insurance in accordance with Art. 651 k of the German Civil Code (BGB)
Not included:
- Visa costs (if required)
- School uniform (if required)
- Liability insurance
- Luggage insurance
- Pocket money
- Vaccinations
Program partner:
AFS Interkulturelle Begegnungen e.V.
Regionalbüro Süd/Regional Office
Rotebühlstr. 63
D-70178 Stuttgart
www.afs.de
Contact person:
Meike Eggert
Tel.: +49 (0)711-8060769 14
Fax: +49 (0)711-8060769 19
E-mail: schueler@bw-stipendium.de
