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 and a student can be promoted to the next class despite a single five (“not enough”) on their report card. 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.