Abitur after twelve years
Abitur after twelve years, or Gymnasium in eight years (often abbreviated as G8 or Gy8) describes the reduction from the duration in the Gymnasium from nine to eight school years in many of the 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]
Many states of Germany are reversing it to go back with the full 13 years of school to get the Abitur[citation needed]
| State | Introduction | Finish of the change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baden-Württemberg | yes | 2012 | |
| Bavaria | 2011 | ||
| Berlin | 2012 | ||
| Brandenburg | |||
| Bremen | |||
| Hamburg | 2010 | ||
| Hesse | 2013 | ||
| Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | since 2008 (1949 until 2001) | ||
| Lower Saxony | 2011 | ||
| North Rhine-Westphalia | 2013 | ||
| Rhineland-Palatinate | yes (in full-time schools in pilot project) |
2016 | |
| Saarland | yes | since 2009 | |
| Saxony | since 1949 | ||
| Saxony-Anhalt | since 2007 (1949 until 2000) | ||
| Schleswig-Holstein | 2016 | ||
| Thuringia | since 1949 |
[edit] Criticism
In part, parents’, teachers’ and students’ organizations express criticism, exclusively 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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