DNS gives good theoretical tools for future...

...as well as practical!

What is DNS?

DNS is an international teacher training college
with the aim of educating teachers who want to
contribute to the education of children and
youngsters in the world. In Danish the name of
the college is “Det Nødvendige Seminarium”
meaning “The Necessary Teacher Training College”
– Necessary because we who run the college find
it very necessary to educate good teachers with a
huge amount of various experiences, life skills
and knowledge to participate in bringing up the
new generations all over the world.
The college was founded in 1972. To date
students from more that 18 different countries in
the world have graduated from DNS.

Teach in Africa

The students from DNS Denmark have the
opportunity to carry out 7 months of teaching
practice in their 4th year at the other colleges in
the DNS-movement. Several graduates from DNS
Denmark have also been working in these
colleges after their graduation as teachers or
headmasters. 

What is the DNS-Movement?

In 1993 our college sent two teachers and 6
students to Mozambique to help start up a DNS
teacher training college in Maputo together with
the development organisation Humana People to
People. Peace had come to Mozambique after the
many years of civil war and instability, and there
was a great need for educating children -
especially in the rural areas where schools were
scarce and teachers few. So the aim of the DNS
teacher training college in Mozambique was, and
is, to educate primary teachers for the rural areas
in Mozambique.
This gave good results and soon the
Ministry of Education in Mozambique made an
agreement with Humana People to People to, over
the coming years, start a DNS college in each of
the provinces in Mozambique - equalling a total of
16 colleges. This year, 2003, 7 DNS-colleges are
up and running in Mozambique, 6 in Angola and
from July 15 2003, one in Malawi as well. So all
the DNS-colleges in Denmark, Mozambique,
Angola and Malawi now together form the DNS-movement.
We hope the movement will be
extended to more countries during the coming
years.

Teach children and youth with special needs

DNS Denmark works together with a range of
schools in Denmark, who have specialised in
educating children and youngsters with special
needs. The hallmark of these schools is inclusive
education, as pupils from all sorts of backgrounds,
and possessing various theoretical and social
skills, work and study together in positive
environments. The DNS students can do their
teaching practices of the 2nd and 3rd years in
these schools.
This provides an excellent opportunity to
do some good for the children and youngsters in
our part of the world who need special attention
and care due to unhappy circumstances, and is
regarded as a foundation for the DNS student’s
education.