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The ABC's German Schools Study Guide (Gymnasium (quarter of children…
The ABC's German Schools Study Guide
Gesamtschule
comprehensive school
attended by all students with different abilities
Students can take final exam
Students take the test at a "kollegschule"
Kollegschule is associated with Gesamtschule
Berufskollegs
Vocational scool
students normally age 16 and 19
some cases also aged up to 23
can undertake a range of work-directed
studies such as economics and specific business studies.
studies usually directed to apprenticeship
School Holidays in Germany
Students have six weeks of summer vacation
one week of autumn vacation
two weeks of Christmas/Winter Vacation
Two weeks of Easter/spring break
Gymnasium
quarter of children go here
literal translation of highschool
lasts about age 12-19
atleast two foreign languages required
"Zweig" is literally branch
Students have to choose "Zweig"
13th grade prepare for Abitur
Private Schools
exception to rules in whole system is private school
international schools where english is taught
curriculum is designed to prepare students for the International General Certificate of Education
also to prepare for the International Baccalaureate Diploma
International Baccalaureate Diploma- IB
International General Certificate of Education - IGCSE
Hauptschule
Teaches one foreign language
Five year programme teaching basic skills
Final half of elementary school
Prepares pupils for apprenticeship and unskilled or semi skilled roles in job market
learns the basic subject english
After hauptschule kids go to vocational school for two years
German School Hours
school day starts at 8am and ends at 1 pm
Doesn't really give extra curricular activities
Of course theatre and sports associations
range of afterschool and preschool facilities for child minding for up to age 12
Facilities on actual school grounds- fee is charged based on income
Highschool in Germany
Grundschule- fourth year
Hauptschule- fifth to ninth year
Realschule- fifth to tenth year
fifth to twelfth to thirteenth year
Gesamtschule- offered in some parts of Germany as an alternative
System is rigid with pupils placed in different types of schools based ontheir academic performance
Realschule
A quarter of students attend
Learning basic subjects will prepare for mid-level job in the market
students with high enough grades can transfer to Gymnasium
after six years , graduate with diploma called Mittlere Reife
Next step is Vocational
Salesmen, nurses, mid-level civil servants,secretaries have generally gone to Realschule.