German education system (2)

1. GERMAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

5. School’s Grade
Kindergarten

9. Grundschule
(Elementary School)

11. German Secondary
School

14.  Hauptschule

18.  Realschule

21.  Gymnasium
(HIGH SCHOOL)

25.  Gesamtschule
(COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL)

29. Secondary School (2nd Phase)
Berufsfachschule
(PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL)

31. Higher Educational Program
There are several types of higher educational
institution:

34. Universität

35. Higher Educational Program
International Programs
• Bachelor
• Masters
• Doctorate (PhD)
Diplomatic Program
• Vordiplom (UNDERGRADUATE)

37. TYPES OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS:
 Ersatzschulen (literally:
substitute schools)
 Ergӓnzungsschulen (literally:
auxiliary schools)
 Hochschulen (private colleges
and universities)

46.  Professional academies
(Berufsakademien) are
governed by regulations
specific to the Länder.

49.  For pupils with special education needs
(Sonderpädagogischer Forderbedarf),
whose development cannot be
adequately assisted at mainstream
schools, a range of special schools
(Sonderschulen) exists in accordance
with the types of disability, which are
also known as Fӧrderschulen or Schulen
fṻr Behinderte in some Lander.

52. Non – German Students

53. Facts:
• In Germany there is an Abendgymnasium or
"Evening Gymnasium“ which is a German class
of secondary school for adults over the age of
19 which allows them to gain the Abitur. There
is also an Abendrealschule ("Evening
Realschule") which is a class of secondary
school for mature students which allows them
to gain the Mittlere Reife.

54. • The Hochbegabtenstudium ("College for the
talented") is a programme in Germany that
allows students of prerequisite intellectual
ability (as shown on IQ-tests) to attend college
even if they do not hold the Abitur.
• In Germany, homeschooling is illegal.

55. GERMAN EDUCATION SYSTEM