La reconnaissance des diplômes des réfugiés: quel ldispositif itifpour une reconnaissance souple et adaptée? Séminaire au CIEP, le 10 mars 2016 á Sèvres Elisabeth Sonnenschein 1
Statistical data Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees): Aktuelle Zahlen zu Asyl, Februar 2016 https://www.bamf.de/shareddocs/anlagen/de/downloads/infothek/statistik/asyl/statistik-anlage-teil-4-aktuelle-zahlen-zuasyl.pdf? blob=publicationfile 2
Statistical data Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees): Aktuelle Zahlen zu Asyl, Februar 2016 https://www.bamf.de/shareddocs/anlagen/de/downloads/infothek/statistik/asyl/statistik-anlage-teil-4-aktuelle-zahlen-zuasyl.pdf? blob=publicationfile 3
Resolution of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs, 3 December 2015 Access and admission to institutions of higher education for applicants who are unable to provide evidence of a higher education entrance qualification obtained in their home country on account of their flight Available online in German and English on https://www.kmk.org/dokumentation-und-statistik/beschluesse-undveroeffentlichungen/wissenschaft-hochschule.html#c3948 4
Contents 1. Procedure for missing or incomplete documentation 2. Procedure for restrictions on the participation p in higher education admissions procedures for undergraduate programmes in the home country 3. Report: Access and admission to institutions of higher education for refugees 5
Missing or incomplete documentation Applicants who are unable to provide original or a certified copy of their higher education entrance qualification for either graduate or undergraduate studies obtained in their home country on account of their flight can provide documentation in a three- tier procedure. 6
Three-tier procedure 1. Personal situation and legal status 2. Plausibility check 3. Examination and / or assessment 7
1. Personal situation and legal status Determination of personal premises based on refugee and legal residence categories Includes only refugees with permanent resident status t 8
2. Plausibility check Check of educational biography regarding the acqusition of a higherh education entrance qualification in the home country. 9
3. Examination and assessment Proof of the alleged higher education entrance qualification throughh an examination and / or assessment procedure based on quality. The Länder agree to offer at least one examination or assesment procedure. 10
Examination and assessment procedure to establish an average grade a) Examinations and procedures with access to higher education Assessment test at preparatory college Aptitude examination for access to higher education with vocational qualification Aptitude test Placement examinations 11
b) Academic aptitude tests General academic aptitude tests Subject-specific academic aptitude tests Tests for foreign students (TestAS) 12
Indirect documentation Higher education institutions can allow applicants to provide indirect documentation ti At least one document has to be provided which gives indirect evidence of entrance to higher education Step 3 Examination and / or assessment is no longer necessary 13
Resume Examination procedures applied by higher education institutions are not specifically developed for refugees, but rather for foreign students t in general and will now be applied for applicants with refugee status. Resolution builds the legal framework for all admission procedures to institutes of higher education. 14
Best practice https://www.hrk.de/themen/internationales/intern ationale-studierende/fluechtlinge Mentor-programs for refugees at several German universities Refugee-focused preparatory programs: IN-Touch Project (Universität Bremen), Preparatory program for refugees (Ludwig- Maximilians-Universität München), Auditor program for refugees (Technische Universität ität München), 15
Best practice Academic welcome program for highly qualified refugees (Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main). The programs are for refugees who have studied before or were about to start a program of study in their home country. They can join lectures and are awarded with a certificate. A good command of German or English is required. The programs are tuition-free. 16
Topics for discussions Financial aid for students Evaluation of the resolution in two years Reduction of enrolment fees 17
Thank you for your attention! ti Elisabeth Sonnenschein Central Office for Foreign Education Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Laender in the Federal Republic of Germany Tel.: +49 228-501 215 Elisabeth.Sonnenschein@kmk.org 18