Ausbildung von Lehrkräften aus Afrika in erneuerbaren Energien

19 Lehrkräfte aus Kenia, Uganda, Tansania, Ruanda and Sambia absolvierten in Wildpoldsried, Oberallgäu, erfolgreich einen Piltokurs "Erneuerbare Energiesysteme".

Wildpoldsried (a 2,500 inhabitants community in Bavaria) hosting a very well known "energy village" in Germany. This first pilot course was financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) within the framework of the so-called "Marshall Plan with Africa".

The two weeks and 80 hours curricula covered electrical engineering, photovoltaics and storage technology. The 19 participants from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Zambia learned amongst other things how to build a "Christiani solar power case" under the guidance of experienced technical and vocational education and training (TVET-)teachers from all over Bavaria. Later on every participant is committed to train further 50 learners per year in their countries.

The project is managed by a consortium of Berufliche Fortbildungszentren der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (bfz) gemeinnützige GmbH in Hof, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung (ALP; Academy for teacher training and personnel management) in Dillingen and aims at a sustainable "training of trainers for a world with a future through vocational education". It is a perfect peer-learning and work based learning environment for all stakeholders.

Minister Dr. Gerd Müller personally handed over the certificates to the participants and emphasized in his speech the great importance of such projects for the creation of perspectives for the future and the fight against causes of flight and migration in many African countries.