Young Vocationalists Exchange Program
This scholarship program sends graduating high school seniors aged 18 (some with a vocational specializations and some from regular high schools) to Germany for two months of intensive language training followed by ten months of practical training and schooling in their field of interest. The first two months are spent with the group in Munich or Frankfurt, Germany, where the students live with host families and attend a German language school. The following ten months are spent apart from the exchange group, where students live with host families in various cities or regions of Germany preassigned by the program. Depending on language proficiency and professional fields of interest, the students attend some sort of school (normal high school or other) for up to five months. By February, all the students start internships in their particular field of interest. The students may find their own internships, or can ask for help from their host families and/or area representatives. These selections are based on the location of various area representatives and the availability of specific fields of internships in those locations. Prior German language skills are not required. Nacel Open Door recruits and selects participants for this exchange and administers the program.
Read more about this topic: Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange
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