German school-system (Land North Rhine-Westphalia)
In Germany school, from the age of 6 through 15, is mandatory, and in public state-run schools, it's free. All children enter in the same programme, but at the age of 10, they go to one of four types of schools.
Theoretical selection: 33% Hauptschule (lower level)--33% Realschule (middle level)--33% Gymnasium (upper level) (or comprehensive school=Gesamtschule).
Reality (Bonn): 15% Hauptschule--25% Realschule--30% state-run Gymnasium--25% church-run Gymnasium--5% Gesamtschule
North Rhine-Westphalia, Bundesland, founded in 1946 by the British military occupation administration (unification of northern parts of the middle-franconian Rhineland and Westphalia (Phalia=Saxony, i.e. "Wessex"). 17,000,000 inhabitants, capital Duesseldorf, run by a SPD (social democrats)-green coalition government.
| Advanced vocational training | University | |||||
| Technical or Trade school | ||||||
| class form grade 13 |
age 18 |
Vocational qualification | University
qualification exam (Abitur) Austria: Matura Saxony, Thuringia: K-12 | |||
| 12 11 |
17 |
Training and education at companies and part time vocational schools (Berufskolleg) | Vocational upper secondary school (Fachoberschule) | Continuation with Gymnasium or Gesamtschule | ||
| 10- 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - |
15 |
Secondary general school (Hauptschule) | Intermediate
school (Realschule) (Mittelschule) (Regelschule) |
Grammar school (Gymnasium) | Comprehensive school (Gesamt schule) | |
|
4 - 3 - 2 - 1 |
9 |
Primary School (Grundschule) (Berlin: 6 years) | ||||
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Kindergarten (age 3-5) | ||||||
Schooltimes: Monday until Friday 8.00-13.15 Comprehensive school: 8.00-16.00
Subjects: English 5-13, Latin
5-11 or 7-11, French 7-10 or 11-13
German 5-13, History 6-7, 9-13, Geography 5, 7-9, 11-13, Social Sciences
5-6,8,10,13, Religious Education 5-13 (non-Christians Philosophy),
Mathematics 5-13, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Sports, Music, Arts, Computer
education 5 (study group) and 9-13.