When you are looking for childcare, there are lots of questions to ask.
Which nursery or school? What childcare options are available and how much do
nurseries, after-school care and full-day schools cost? What assistance and financial
support are available? You can find information and government services relating to
childcare here for all age groups, from crèche for babies through nursery school and
up to school.
Young people are entitled to a healthy physical and mental education. The protection of children and young people is therefore primarily based on two pillars: educational measure...
In Saxony-Anhalt, some districts and cities already offer municipal social passports or family and social passports.
Low-income families in particular will have the opportunity t...
If you have left school without a degree or would like to obtain a higher education degree retrospectively, you can take a non-student examination under certain conditions.
If you can't make sure your child is doing well in your home, then your child may live in an assisted living facility temporarily or for a longer period of time.
Do you live abroad or are you planning to move abroad and would like to enrol your child at a German school? Find out more about German schools abroad here.
If you want to apply for childcare allowance, please note that this is currently only possible in Bavaria as a state service.
The Federal Childcare Allowance Act was formally...
Will your child be 5 years old by 30 June in the year of school enrolment and you would like to start school early due to your child's level of development? Read here how to apply for early school enrolment.
Your child has problems in everyday life or in his development? You as a parent cannot help your child alone? Then an educational advisor can support your child.
Children, adolescents, parents and other legal guardians can contact parenting and family counseling centers for parenting, personal or family-related issues, and questions and...
Young adults sometimes find it difficult to live independently and without help from others. For people between the ages of 18 and 27, there are the so-called "Aids for Young Adults" from the Youth Welfare Office.
The school psychological service offers counselling and further training to give teachers, parents and pupils the opportunity to improve the teaching, education and learning...
You as a family or as a single parent need support to cope with your everyday family life? Then socio-pedagogical family assistance is an option for you. The socio-pedagogical family help is a form of help for upbringing from the youth welfare office.
Are you of the opinion that your child cannot successfully participate in school lessons and would like special educational support? Read here what options you have.
Foreign, minor, unmarried childrencan obtain a residence permit for family reunification in order to establish family cohabitation with a German parent.
Foreign, minor and unmarried children with a residence permit for family reunification with a German parent can receive an extension of the residence permit as long as the family cohabitation continues.
Surveys and surveys in schools (interviews, test series and similar) require the approval of the State Administration Office. The Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs may...
If you as an authority or youth welfare organization consider the content of a medium to be harmful to minors, you can apply to the Federal Agency for the Protection of Children and Young Persons in the Media (BzKJ) for an indexing procedure or initiate one.
Secondary school is the type of secondary school in which the majority of pupils study. It offers the right educational path for pupils who subsequently want to learn a professio...
Would you like to register your child with a childminder? There is a legal entitlement to so-called early childhood support when the child is 1 year old. Places for early childhood development are crèches, kindergartens, day nurseries and childminders.
Are you of the opinion that your child cannot successfully attend school and would like to start school at a later date? Read here what options you have.
Your child has problems in everyday life or in his development? As a parent, do you need support in raising your child? Then educating your child in a day group can be a possible help.
Some children and young people have difficulties in their personal development. It is difficult for them to approach other children, to get involved in groups or to cope with their problems independently.
If you are a family member of a person with German citizenship and come from a third country, you can invoke the right to freedom of movement under certain conditions and obtain a residence card.
If you are a family member of an EU or EEA citizen and come from a third country, you will need a residence card for your further stay in Germany no later than three months after your entry.