The second-generation children ofVietnamese people overseas are exceptionally good at their studies andno other immigrant group in Germany has been more successful at schoolthan the Vietnamese.
This was an assessment by Martin Spiewak in an article published in the Deutschland magazine last September.
He said that nearly 50 percent of Vietnamese children in Germany makeit to high school. This also means that a large number of Vietnamesepupils study hard for the Abitur, the German school-leaving anduniversity entrance exam.
About 30 percent of those selected for scholarships from the StartFoundation, an organisation that supports gifted immigrant pupils ineastern Germany, are Vietnamese, he wrote.
Spiewak quoted Karin Weiss, Brandenburg's Commissioner for Foreigners'Affairs, as saying that the grades of Vietnamese pupils are in starkcontrast to the picture we otherwise have of children from an immigrantbackground.
This educational miracle, which has been documented in the US for years, is now being repeated in Germany, she said.
According to Weiss, Vietnamese kids study hard and their parents givethem a lot of attention and these factors have helped to create the“Vietnamese Miracle” in Germany.
Despite living abroad, the majority of Vietnamese families stillmaintain their traditional moral values. The children have respect fortheir parents and have ambitions to become successful in Germansociety, the author wrote in conclusion./.
This was an assessment by Martin Spiewak in an article published in the Deutschland magazine last September.
He said that nearly 50 percent of Vietnamese children in Germany makeit to high school. This also means that a large number of Vietnamesepupils study hard for the Abitur, the German school-leaving anduniversity entrance exam.
About 30 percent of those selected for scholarships from the StartFoundation, an organisation that supports gifted immigrant pupils ineastern Germany, are Vietnamese, he wrote.
Spiewak quoted Karin Weiss, Brandenburg's Commissioner for Foreigners'Affairs, as saying that the grades of Vietnamese pupils are in starkcontrast to the picture we otherwise have of children from an immigrantbackground.
This educational miracle, which has been documented in the US for years, is now being repeated in Germany, she said.
According to Weiss, Vietnamese kids study hard and their parents givethem a lot of attention and these factors have helped to create the“Vietnamese Miracle” in Germany.
Despite living abroad, the majority of Vietnamese families stillmaintain their traditional moral values. The children have respect fortheir parents and have ambitions to become successful in Germansociety, the author wrote in conclusion./.
