By offering an exchange, we want to prepare the students for a complex working and living environment and support them in their development to act in a democratically responsible way. The project also offers students from less financially advantaged households the opportunity to participate in an exchange and to train their intercultural competence.
The Max-Ernst-Gymnasium (MEG) is the only municipal high school in Brühl (Rhineland) and a school with a long tradition. The general qualification for university entrance is achieved by the vast majority of students at the MEG after 8 or 9 years. Only a few students (approx. 4-8 students per year) leave the school with a "Fachabitur", "mittlere Reife" or "Hauptschulabschluss". secondary school diploma or the Hauptschulabschluss. In rare cases, a change of school type occurs during lower secondary school. The The support of educational biographies without breaks is a central concern of our school. The MEG offers a wide range of subjects with differentiated options, so that students have the opportunity to choose according to their interests and inclinations. have the opportunity to be individually supported and challenged in various areas according to their interests and inclinations. in different areas. The wide range of subjects is supplemented by an afternoon care program (open all-day), a diverse range of and competitions, as well as an extensive program of excursions. In line with our school program, which is geared towards cosmopolitanism, the Italian exchange should enable the students to get to know a historically importan