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Education in Germany is primarily the responsibility of individual German states ( Länder ), with the federal government only playing a minor role. While kindergarten (nursery school) is optional, formal education is compulsory for all children ages 6 to 18. [1] Students can complete three types of school leaving qualifications, ranging from ...
Germany’s expenditure on education constituted 6,5% of its GDP in 2014 corresponding to €190.7 billion (Destatis, 2017b). European Commission report on education and training in Germany (2016) highlighted that Germany’s general government expenditure on education stands below the EU average and is ranked ninth among the European
University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Wittenberg) University of Hamburg. HafenCity University Hamburg. Hamburg University of Technology. Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg) Hertie School of Governance (private institution with university status, awards PhD) Leibniz University Hannover.
Against the backdrop of PISA 2015 results, the aim of this study is to review basic structures of German education system by exploring curriculum development process, key features of each educational level and teacher education in order to grasp how Germany has amended her poor performance after PISA 2000 and persistently improved the quality of education.
German Education Server (Deutscher Bildungs Server). (2006). Glossary for the Education System in the Federal Republic of Germany. Compiled chiefly by the Standing Conference of the State Ministers of Education and the Arts in the Federal Republic of Germany.
For Germany, what we know is that only 5.5 percent of students who obtained their Abitur at Gymnasien or Gesamtschulen in 2005 reached an average Abitur grade below 1.5 (A), 36 percent between 1.5 and 2.4 (B), 50 percent between 2.5 and 3.4 (C), and 9 percent below 3.4 (D/F) (Kultusministerkonferenz, 2006).
The German education system is directly influenced by a set of principles which come from social, cultural, and political realms in Germany. This document provides a detailed and comprehensive treatment of four key academic and nonacademic factors that are of interest to U.S. policymakers.
This is a list of schools in Germany sorted by Bundesland. See also List of universities in Germany . This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .