Education
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Education plays a key role for German foreign policy as it is still the basic resource for global development and wealth creation.
In higher education, the German Academic Exchange Service (or DAAD) is playing an important role in the academic exchange between Germany and South Africa as the largest international scholarship fund. This transfer of knowledge is institutionalized currently by more than 100 cooperation agreements between German and South African universities.
Germany also supports four German schools in South Africa with financial resources and the deployment of teachers in their duties. In addition, the Foreign Ministry maintains a network of 14 partner schools in South Africa as part of the international "PASCH" initiative. These schools provide their students fundamental knowledge of the German language and German culture through a wide range of courses and projects within their curriculum.