Goethe Zentrum to hold Model German Parliament for students on Sept 20, 21
Schools from across state to participate in simulated session
Trivandrum / September 17, 2025
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 17: Goethe-Zentrum in association with Green Valley Public School, Peyad, will organise a Model German Parliament for students here on September 20 and 21, to give them a simulated experience of how Germany’s dual-ballot, multi-party democracy functions.
The Model German Parliament is an interactive simulation of the Bundestag (German Parliament), where students take the roles of parliamentarians, party leaders, and policymakers.
The event will be held at Green Valley Public School, Peyad, Thiruvananthapuram.
The participants will get an opportunity to step into the shoes of policy makers and parliamentarians and debate bills, defend party ideology, forge coalitions, and even elect a Chancellor, replicating the proceedings of the German Parliament.
Four delegates and two press members, including one reporter and a photojournalist, can participate from a school.
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan; Bhavans Elamakkara; Christ Nagar EHSS; Christ Nagar ICSE; Christ Nagar International; Christ Nagar, Maranaloor; Good Shepherd; Government Model Girls Higher Secondary, Pattom; Lecole Chempaka ICSE; Lecole Chempaka International School; LMS; Loyola; Oxford School; Sarvodaya ICSE; St Thomas Central School, Trivandrum International School; Vimala Hridaya ISC; Viswajyothi Public School, Angamaly are the participating schools for the event. Registrations to the event closed on September 13.
The agenda of the Model Parliament will be ‘Germany's Path Ahead: Balancing Refugee Protection and Migrant Integration’.
Students participating as press representatives can conduct interviews, reporting, and briefings of the proceedings of the Model Parliament.
The event was conceptualised by Aditya Sundaresan, a grade 12 student at Green Valley International School, and also a B1 student of Goethe-Zentrum.Team IGNITE, a student-led initiative that focuses on organizing academic ventures, is also a partner of the event.
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