Record at the VHS: 40 graduates celebrate their school leaving certificate!

Record at the VHS: 40 graduates celebrate their school leaving certificate!

Saarbrücken, Deutschland - In Saarland, preparations for new educational offers are already in full swing. On July 12, 2025, an impressive handover of certificate was celebrated in the VHS Center in Saarbrücken, which not only made the participants: inside but also the responsible pride. 40 out of 51 participants in the preparatory courses received their final certificates and set a new record. These people between the ages of 17 and 56 have prepared intensively for their school qualifications for almost a year. Regional Association Director Dr. Carolin Lehberger and VHS director Nicole Boissier headed the ceremonial handover.

of the 25 participants who took part in the middle education have successfully achieved the goal. There was also good news for the course for the secondary school leaving certificate: 12 of the 19 participants: Inside, their destination achieved their destination. It is particularly noteworthy that around 40 percent of the participants who wanted to make up for the secondary school leaving certificate do not have German as a mother tongue. A strong sign of how important linguistic integration is. For the exam participants from the Lerchesflur correctional facility, the handover of the certificate was carried out separately in an internal event, in which all seven test subjects successfully cut off.

new courses and educational offers

The adult education centers in Saarland already extended their offer for language acquisition for immigrants in 2015. Integration courses, entry -level courses for asylum applicants and numerous German courses in the open program are the order of the day. The number of lessons last was over 65,000 people with more than 5,000 participants-impressive growth of over 60 percent compared to the previous year, as reported to the previous year, as reported. "The VHS employees are often confidants and specifically inform about society and its values," said the responsible persons. Together with the language courses, cultural further training such as theater workshops and painting courses are also offered.

For everyone who now wants to make up for school, new preparatory courses begin on September 2. The course for the secondary school leaving certificate takes place from Monday to Wednesday from 5:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. in the Bruchwiese community school. If you are aiming for the middle education, you can prepare at the Otto Hahn-Gymnasium from September 1st, with the lessons last four evenings a week. The costs are 350 euros for the secondary school leaving certificate (reduced 200 euros) and 450 euros (reduced 300 euros) for the middle education. Further information on registration and course content is available at michael.bernardi@rvsbr.de or on the phone number 0681 506-4342.

integration through education

figures from 2024 illustrate the importance of these educational offers: Around 363,000 participants started with an integration course, of which refugees from Ukraine in particular shaped the number of participants. The integration courses not only enable the language to learn, but also convey values and social norms that are essential for successful integration. According to bamf.de the proportion of participants who reached the language level B1 or A2 was 90 percent.

These developments show that there is a lot of positive potential in terms of integration and education in Saarland. The commitment of the adult education centers will continue to be necessary in order to meet the challenges of a highly dynamic society and to consolidate the successes in education.