Abitur after twelve years
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Abitur after twelve years, or Gymnasium in eight years (often abbreviated as G8) describes the reduction from the duration in the Gymnasium from nine to eight school years in a lot of States of Germany. In the States Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the reduction took place from seven to six years because, there, primary education goes until grade 6. The principal argument for the reduction are the comparatively long times for vocational education in Germany.
In Eastern Germany (especially Saxony and Thuringia) it is, however, already a long established norm to take the Abitur after twelve years.[1]
| State | Introduction | Finish of the change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | yes | 2012 | |
| Bavaria | 2011 | ||
| Berlin | 2012 | ||
| Brandenburg | |||
| Bremen | |||
| Hamburg | 2010 | ||
| Hesse | 2013 | ||
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | until 2001 and since 2008 | ||
| Lower Saxony | 2011 | ||
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 2013 | ||
| Rhineland-Palatinate | yes (in full-time schools in pilot project) |
2016 | |
| Saarland | yes | 2009 | |
| Saxony | since beginning | ||
| Saxony-Anhalt | since 2007 | ||
| Schleswig-Holstein | 2016 | ||
| Thuringia | since beginning |
[edit] Criticism
In part, parents’, teachers’ and students’ organizations express violent criticism, exclusive from the Western States of Germany.[2] In spite of the removal of one school year, all contents of the, now thirteen, school years are arranged. This means that the school timetable is enlarged and that the students have to be at school for fifty hours a week.
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