Student receives grade 5 – and files a complaint in court. A student from Salzburg feels treated unfairly because of her bad grade.
Their fight takes them to the Federal Administrative Court. In Austria a five, or “an Fetzn’, is the worst grade. If there are two or more negative grades, a teacher conference decides whether the student can take a re-examination or must repeat the level. For several years now, experts have been calling for the abolition of sitting. Some schools no longer use grading.