Corona hammer at Bavaria's schools: all final exams postponed - innovation also for elementary school students

There is news for Bavaria's students: Due to the corona pandemic, all final exams in the Free State will be postponed.

• In Bavaria, the corona virus is extremely messing up everyday school life.

• A new resolution has now been passed regarding the final exams in Bavaria.

• All exams are postponed - Minister of Education Michael Piazolo commented.

Munich

- Mask requirement in class, extended holidays and

home schooling

*

: The corona pandemic * has

brought about some changes

for

schoolchildren

.

In

Bavaria

, it has now decided to take another important step - and because of the

Corona pandemic

now all the

school-leaving examinations

postponed.

As has now become known, due to

Corona *

after the

Abitur exams

, the

final

exams

at all other types of schools have

been postponed.

At

secondary

schools

, secondary

schools

and business

schools

, the exams are postponed by two weeks, and at

technical colleges

and

vocational high

schools

by a good three weeks.

This was announced by the

Ministry of Culture

this Monday (January 18) in Munich.

Corona at Bavaria's schools: all final exams postponed!

Innovation also for elementary school students

In the

upper grades of grammar schools

and

elementary school

, the

number of exams and test work will be

reduced again - a logical consequence of the current school closings, which have been limited until the end of the month, it is said.

You can find an overview of all new exam dates and other changes for students here:

• In

  primary schools

  , the number of trial work is being reduced again: from 18 to 14 trial work.

  The date for the transfer certificate to the secondary schools will be postponed from May 3rd to May 7th.

• In

  secondary schools

  , the exams for the secondary school leaving certificate start on July 6th instead of the planned June 22nd - in the mother tongue subject, the examination date remains on June 23rd.

  In Quali, the exams start on July 12th instead of June 28th - in the mother tongue subject, the examination date remains on June 25th.

• In

  secondary schools

  , the written exams start on July 6th instead of June 22nd.

  According to the ministry, the central oral exams in foreign languages ​​will also be postponed.

• In the

  business

  schools, the written exams will start on July 2nd instead of June 18th as originally planned.

  In the

  technical colleges and vocational schools (FOS / BOS)

  the written exams start on June 10th instead of May 17th.

• The final exams at the

  school

  starting place on 30 April on 12 May.

  In grades 11 and 12, the first half of the year will be extended and the number of exams in the second half of the year will be significantly reduced: According to the ministry, school assignments are only written in German, mathematics and a foreign language in Q11 and in the three written Abitur subjects in Q12.

"This

school year under the sign of the global corona pandemic *

requires special measures," said

Minister of Education Michael Piazolo *

(Free Voters).

"It is important to me: We provide all young people in the respective final classes with fair conditions for their upcoming

exams,

" continues Piazolo.

Even in year

four

, when the

transfer

to secondary

schools

is pending, the new decisions taken are relieved of time pressure.

Further changes are not ruled out, according to the Minister of Education.

"If necessary, we will make further adjustments," he announced.

(

nema with dpa

)

Corona situation at Bavaria's schools - distance lessons did not start without problems

Since January 11th, distance learning * has also started again for students in Bavaria.

The Corona summit laid down a uniform line for this.

However, the

start

did not go smoothly

after the Christmas holidays

.

Above all, learning platforms did not work as expected *.

(* Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network)

Even apart from the situation of the students, the

corona situation in the Free State

remains

tense.

You can read all new developments in our Corona ticker for Bavaria.