The number of students who fall through the Abitur, increases: This is evident from the statistics of the standing conference (KMK), according to the news Agency dpa reported first. While in the graduation class of 2009, therefore, nationwide is still 2,39 percent of the students failed, it was in the year 2017 already 3,78 per cent (3.43 per cent in 2016, and 3.17 percent in the year 2015).

Particularly high rate in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, where, in 2017, about one in 14. Baccalaureate DUT failed. In Berlin, six percent of students failed, this value is higher than the average.

In Berlin, the ratio is even higher

in previous years, a higher proportion failed in Berlin than the German average. However, the waistband is wide Trend to a higher failure rate in Berlin: the Numbers went down a high, at times; and in 2009, the figure was almost at the of 2017. The administration of education was noted as a possible explanation for the recent increase in 2015 to the fact that now students are recognized who have not passed on the basis of a non-admission to the examination. They have not been previously counted.

Particularly low, the proportion of fallen-2017 in Thuringia (2.1 percent) and Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland (2.5 per cent) – all countries that were also beautiful sooner under the cut, but also rose slightly. was

New ways for the high school required

What can be the causes for the findings? Is it because more and more students aspire to the baccalaureate, and thus a larger part is not up to the requirements? In some States, about 50 percent of an Age group attend the Gymnasium, “leads to heterogeneous learning groups, in which the learning stands apart,” says Ilka Hoffmann from the Executive Board of the education and science trade Union (GEW). “A school is for so many parents and students attractive, but is responsible for ensuring that, wherever possible, all be able to sit the baccalaureate.”

proportion of pupils and students in Germany, the fall by the high school.Photo: Böttcher/Tsp

the high school had to follow new educational paths, instead of students abzuschulen prematurely or to let it fall through. The WT calls, therefore, on a flexible upper level from class 11, “you can go through in two, three or four years,” says Hoffmann. So different types of learners could be taken into account “and, in particular, social differences collected”.

With views of the notes seems to be the baccalaureate at least not become more demanding. In many countries, the cut improved. He is located in Berlin since 2010, at 2.4. But prior to that, he has for years remained stable at 2.7. To get a better cut also, the high school graduates in North Rhine-Westphalia, Brandenburg and Thuringia have achieved over the years.

Almost one in four has called a straight-a OJ

As the reason for the change in Berlin since years, the introduction of the Central high school diploma in the year 2010. The requirements have been adjusted to a medium level, so that strong students now achieve better results. In addition, the Berlin school graduates points, particularly in the presentation of the audit. In doing so, you make a presentation, you prepare thoroughly. The third reason is that Berlin has adapted in the year 2010, the more generous grading scales in other countries, as they were already in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg: Until then, Berlin’s students had to solve 50 percent of the tasks correctly in order to get a smooth Four, since 45 percent. For a One plus not more than 100 percent must be solved correctly, it is 95 percent.

Against generally tougher requirements also speaks of the development of the best grade of 1.0. Nearly every fourth graduate in Germany, had 2017 a One before the decimal point. In 2009, it was only every fifth.
The gap – more fall through, but that’s the best note – says Udo Beckmann, Chairman of the Association of education with the dependence of educational success from parents. In the case of a group the parents could arrange the necessary funding and support to private, the other fell “through the grate”.

philologists Association: high school faulty designed

The Chairman of the philologists Association, Susanne Lin-Klinzing sees “the increasing Drop-out rate” as the WT representative in connection with the higher transition rate to high school. Lin-Klitzing but comes to completely different conclusions. She calls for a return to mandatory school recommendations, indicating whether or not a child meets the performance requirements for the high school. There should be a note boundary to the freedom of choice of the type of school stops.

To the secondary schools would need to be checked for services before the Transition to the middle and the top level of “normative minimum standards”. This will not be achieved, need to repeat the students in either class, a school visit, or with the Middle school completion in a vocational education and training. A “clear and transparent performance requirement and feedback” had to give it to but also in the upper level.

The baccalaureate was designed to be faulty. “High school is the fruit of continuous Learning and continuous shows Afford – in the Positive or in the Negative,” said Lin-Klitzing. In the elementary and middle school students could iron out the bad performances in a good in another subject. “Only at the end, in the baccalaureate, maths, English and a foreign language to be binding is passed, there is no compensation helps,” says education researcher, whose Association represents secondary school teachers.

The KMK wants the OJ is at a “high level” to keep

Overall, a “previous feedback was the way to graduation”, says Lin-Klitzing. Students need opportunities “to consider what you want to do with your life: I’ll Tear me now, together for Learning in school, or I’ll find me another way?” To extend the time in the upper level of the WT is proposed, so that courses can be repeated, rejects the Lin-Klitzing: “This would be to extend the Phase of compensation.”

KMK President Alexander Lorz, Minister of education in the state of Hesse, it shall, on request, always already had been discussed in Germany whether the baccalaureate was to easy or to hard. “At the end of the grade, however, depends on so many factors, that conclusions are difficult to make.” The KMK see themselves obliged “to maintain the quality of the baccalaureate at a high level and with the educational standards for the Allgemeine hochschulreife” to come to a larger comparability.

A common pool of Tasks

Since 2017, the graduation has to the since 2014 educational standards for German, mathematics, English, and French map. All countries use a common pool of Tasks. In addition, the KMK has reduced with a decision by 2016, the clamping width of the design possibilities of the countries, as regards the choice of subjects in the upper stage, something. The should have a in the year 2021, for the first time completely. The “limited cross-national comparability” of the baccalaureate was one of the reasons why the Federal constitutional court had declared in 2016, the mechanisms for the distribution of medical student places to be unconstitutional.

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there is, however, that many differences, at a level there remain – to varying degrees of high failure rates -in which direction the Trend goes. (with dpa)