JAKARTA, KalderaNews.com – The annual German language contest in Indonesia, the national german olympics, was successfully held virtually for the first time this year due to the pandemic.
With the help of various online platforms, a total of 665 young German language learners from 345 high schools, vocational schools and Madrasah Aliyah in 28 Indonesian provinces competed against each other in the 2021 National German Olympics held in January.
Every year since 2010, Goethe-Institut Indonesien has organized and hosted the National German Olympics in collaboration with the Indonesian Association of German Language Teachers (IGBJI) and supported by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Indonesia. This competition is held annually to promote the German language in Indonesia and to encourage high schoolers to showcase their German language abilities.
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“The German Olympics is usually a great opportunity to meet in person, connect with each other and, of course, to talk German to each other. But this year, with the worldwide pandemic, everything is different. We have to keep a distance. The question arose whether we should just cancel the National German Olympics this year altogether. But after many discussions with teachers, students and members of the education authorities, the consensus was this: We still want to make it happen,” said Dr. Stefan Dreyer, Goethe-Institut Indonesien Director, during his talk in the virtual awards ceremony on 30 January 2021.
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