Reforms of the German education system:
The abolition of the divided secondary school system and
a prolonged integrated primary school

In Germany at present six- to ten-year-old pupils visit primary school from first to fourth form. At the age of ten an allocation takes place: the pupils are divided into four groups depending on intelligence and achievements at school. The ‘Gymnasium', which is roughly equivalent to grammar school, is visited by the best ones, and their final examination after eight years of attendance, the ‘Abitur' that more or less corresponds to A levels, allows them to go to university. The average pupils attend the so-called ‘Realschule', and the weak ones go to the ‘Hauptschule' for five respectively six years. Afterwards they can do an apprenticeship or, if they want to study, go to grammar school for another three years. Those pupils, who have real problems with reading, mathematics, articulating or who have conspicuous behaviour attend another......

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Title: Reforms Of The German Education System
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