Education

Digital pilot schools for more equality of opportunity

The Pacemaker Initiative was a joint initiative between the non-profit association EDUCATION Y e.V. and the education provider Teach First Deutschland. Together with IMAP GmbH, it supported schools in delivering innovative education solutions promoting equality of opportunity.

Eine Mitarbeiterin sitzt mit zwei Kindern zusammen und nutzt digitale Unterstützungsangebote, die durch ein Tablet erlebbar gemacht werden

Europe

Germany

Dortmund

Funding period: 2021-2022

The digital skills of children and young people are increasingly influencing the degree of their social participation. Therefore, the integration of children and youth who are third-country nationals can be strengthened and accelerated through targeted digital skills development. As part of the project, ten interested schools in the city of Dortmund with many third-country nationals among their pupils received quality support over a two-year period in school and teaching development, especially in the field of language skills development via digital media. Two of these schools were supported by the Wilo-Foundation. The Dortmund education office and the school administration office were also closely involved in the project design to ensure a successful and sustainable implementation.

Kinder der Diesterweggrundschule in ihrem Klassenraum auf einem Gruppenfoto mit zwei Lehrerinnen — Project in the Diesterweg primary school. Photo: EDUCATION Y e.V., Düsseldorf

Jugendliche verschiedener kultureller Zugehörigkeiten tauschen sich zu dem Thema "digitale Kompetenz" aus — The integration of young people with third-country nationals can be strengthened through targeted teaching of digital skills. Photo: EDUCATION Y e.V., Düsseldorf. Credit: Florian Freundt

The cooperation project of the "Pacemaker Initiative", a joint initiative of the implementing agency EDUCATION Y e.V., Düsseldorf, Teach First Deutschland and IMAP GmbH, was realised in close collaboration with the city of Dortmund, with significant funding from the European Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and other sponsors.

Photo Header: EDUCATION Y e.V., Düsseldorf, Credit: Florian Freundt

Our funding partner

EDUCATION Y e.V., Düsseldorf, is a social profit organisation that works to enable children and young people to live and work together in solidarity, improve equality of opportunity and bring about cultural change across society. Its activities are designed to have a systemic impact. From 2017 to 2022, as one of the five social partners of the OECD in Germany (together with Telekom Stiftung, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Siemens Stiftung and the association Global Goals Curriculum e.V.), it helped to shape contemporary learning in the 21st century.

Development Goals

The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) forms the global framework for action for socially, economically and ecologically sustainable development. Our funding commitment also supports these sustainability goals. With this project, we are making a contribution to achieving the following SDGs:

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