WHY LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES?

1. LEARNING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE OPENS UP

SEVERAL DOORS, BE IT IN ONE'S PERSONAL LIFE, BE
IT IN ONE'S PROFESSION.
2. ONE GETS TO MEET NEW PEOPLE FROM AROUND
THE WORLD AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS.

3. LEARNING NEW LANGUAGES GIVES US

CULTURAL INSIGHTS INTO DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE WORLD.
4. ONE GETS A PROFESSIONAL EDGE WITH
FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS ON ONE'S C.V.
WHY CHOOSE GERMAN?
ADVANTAGES:
▪ 1. GERMANY IS ONE OF THE MOST ECONOMICALLY
POWERFUL COUNTRIES BOTH IN EUROPE AND THE
WORLD.
▪ 2. A SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF GERMAN OPENS
UP NEW CAREER PATHS, ESPECIALLY IN VARIOUS
SCIENTIFIC FIELDS.
▪ 3. UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IS FREE (ZERO TUITION
FEES), PROVIDED ONE KNOWS THE LANGUAGE
WELL.
▪ 4. GERMAN, LIKE MANY OTHER LANGUAGES, HAS
RICH CULTURE, LITERATURE AND SO MUCH MORE
TO OFFER.
ADVANTAGES:
▪ 1. GERMAN HAS DEEP LINGUISTIC TIES WITH SANSKRIT AND
IS ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE OPTIONS IN THE INDO-
EUROPEAN GROUP OF LANGUAGES.
▪ 2. THE-GOETHE-INSTITUT (OR MAX MUELLER BHAVAN HERE IN
INDIA) PROVIDES EXCELLENT LANGUAGE COURSES AND SO
MUCH MORE FOR BOTH ADULTS AND YOUNG LEARNERS.
▪ 3. THE "PASCH" INITIATIVE AND IT'S VARIOUS ADVANTAGES.
▪ 1. THE FIRST EVER "MAX MUELLER BHAVAN" WAS
INAUGURATED IN KOLKATA IN 1957.
▪ THE INSTITUTE BOASTS OF
EXCELLENT FACILITIES, A FEW OF THEM BEING
A SUPERB TWO-FLOOR LIBRARY AND A STATE-OF-
THE-ART AUDITORIUM.
▪ THE INSTITUTE HAS A LONG-
STANDING REPUTATION IN IMPARTING QUALITY
GERMAN INSTRUCTION WITH A BONAFIDE,
HIGHLY-TRAINED FACULTY.
▪ NUMEROUS TRAINING PROGRAMS, FUN EVENTS
AND ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED WITH AND BY
THE INSTITUTE, SEVERAL OF THEM BEING UNDER
THE "PASCH" BANNER.
▪ AMONG THE VARIOUS FORMS OF RECOGNITION
AND APPRECIATION, IT GIVES OUT PRIZES AND
CERTIFICATES TO THE PARTICIPATING PUPILS.
▪ 1. THE "PASCH" INITIATIVE WAS THE
BRAINCHILD OF THE THEN GERMAN FOREIGN
MINISTER DR. FRANK WALTER STEINMEIER. IT
CAME INTO BEING IN 2008.
▪ 2. TODAY, THERE ARE ABOUT 2000 SCHOOLS IN
120 COUNTRIES THAT ARE A PART OF THIS
INITIATIVE. INDIA ALONE HAS 47 OF THEM,
WITH THE 7 GOETHE-INSTITUTS SUPPORTING
THEM.
▪ 3. KOLKATA HAS 6 PASCH SCHOOLS, INCLUDING
BIRLA HIGH SCHOOL.
▪ 4. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, COMPETITIONS,
LANGUAGE CAMPS IN GERMANY AND SO MUCH
MORE ARE A PART PASCH'S RICH AND
DIVERSE REPERTOIRE.
A WORLD OF EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES AND
EXPERIENCES AWAITS YOU ALL. CHOOSE GERMAN,
LET YOUR DREAMS AND AMBITIONS TAKE FLIGHT
AND UNLOCK THIS WORLD OF SPLENDID
SURPRISES!