The president of German Teachers ' Association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, criticizes declining school requirements in German education system. There is an "inflation of good marks", said headmaster of a gymnasium in lower Bavarian Deggendorf of German press agency. With large number of high school graduates, really outstanding students could no longer be recognized.

At time, PISA study made clear difference in performance between federal states. 15-year-old in federal state of Bremen, his peers in Bavaria or Saxony lagged two years behind in German subject. These differences should not be permanently accepted. The policy is to blame for this, said Meidinger: "The politicians lack courage to demand more power and to say: ' The next Abitur must become harder again. ' We need to promote and demand. "

Schools with many Sitzenbleibern are worse off

Less Sitzenbleiber, more high school graduates, more good graduation grades, less early school leavers – that was easiest way for ministries of education in past to achieve satisfaction with educational system. And this goal is fastest way to achieve "regardless of performance", says Meidinger. Schools would be bad if y had many Sitzenbleiber. And so informal requirement of some school leaders is to lower requirements and to drop fewer students. "Actually, way would have to be different: what can I do to raise performance of weaker students?"

Unfortunately, this was also shown in introduction of G8 Abitur in Bavaria. The policy had lowered requirements, for example, oral examination, because of concern for poorer Abitur cuts. "That was, of course, wrong way." He does not want to say "that students can do nothing today", stresses Meidinger. But: for a performance for which one would have received Grade 2 ten years ago, students today would often get a 1. The new G9 Baccalaureate offers chance to change that again.

Date Of Update: 05 March 2018, 12:03