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German School Seoul International

History
The German School Seoul International (DSSI) was founded in 1976. The school is approved by the Federal Republic of Germany as a private foreign school. In August 1976 the registered association "Verein Deutsche Schule Seoul" was founded by German speaking parents and members of the "GTZ" (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit). Initially four elementary students were taught in a private apartment in Seoul's apartment complex "UN Village". In 1976 already eleven students attended the school which lead to a school relocation to the Goethe-Institute premises. In December 1985 the school relocated to the Itaewon and in 1988 to its current location in Hannam-Dong.

Mission and Values
The German School Seoul International is a German and English-speaking international school. It is a place of encounters and of intercultural communication. The school is part of a network of German international schools in Asia, which is supported by the Federal Republic of Germany. It feels obligated to European educational traditions and at the same time searches for cultural dialogue with the Korean host country.

Curriculum
In close co-operation between the kindergarten, elementary school and secondary school, the school provides extensive all-round education with deepening pedagogical extras. The aim is the insemination of objective, methodical, self- and social competence as integrated parts of learning competences. Parents and teachers bear a mutual responsibility for the educational process.

Languages
Above and beyond the lessons that correspond to the curriculum, intensive promotion in subject-specific areas is taking place at the DSSI with regards to special talents and interests or also in overcoming deficiencies. With "German as second language" from the 1st to the 10th grade and the "Pre-school programme according to Penner" in pre-school years, the German language acquisition and usage is nurtured individually. Every student has the option to learn Korean as well as another foreign language. Through cooperation with both an English and a French-speaking school in Seoul, the DSSI facilitates the learning progress in the obligatory language lessons. The confident and flexible association with the English language begins with English lessons in the 1st grade and is furthered through bilingual instruction in individual subjects starting in grade 5. The "English as a second language" programme was introduced to fulfil the heightened requirements of bilingual instruction.

Degrees
Students have the opportunity to obtain the German International Abitur.