Should the Abitur exams be canceled?
In any case, the Union for Education and Science advocates an emergency school leaving certificate if the number of infections continues to rise.
There is uncertainty about this in the district.
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen - In six weeks, on May 12th, the first written Abitur examination will take place in Bavaria.
The demand of the Union for Education and Science (GEW) is making the students who are already buffeting about it now take notice.
As recently announced, the GEW advocates an emergency diploma if the number of infections continues to rise.
This means that the classic examinations for the general university entrance qualification are omitted and only the performance from the lessons are assessed.
So far, this solution has been used twice in Germany - but never outside of wartime.
Most recently there was a secondary school diploma in Germany during the war
"We take it as it comes," says the headmaster of the Gabriel-von-Seidl-Gymnasium in Tölz, Alexander Göbel, about the idea.
Nevertheless, such a decision must be "very carefully considered".
Göbel knows from experience over the past few years that “the grades during the school year only differ significantly from the results of the Abitur examination in exceptional cases”.
Nevertheless, there is “the question of comparability”, says Göbel.
"But that is a purely political decision." He could not clearly say whether a secondary school diploma is currently the right decision: "You can argue in both directions in this regard." to react, Göbel would even find the idea “very charming”.
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Headmaster of the Gabriel-von-Seidl-Gymnasium in Tölz, Alexander Göbel.
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Nadine Gründl attends the twelfth grade of the St. Ursula-Gymnasium Hohenburg.
She is already preparing for the upcoming exams.
"I'm not quite sure what to think of considering a graduate degree," she says.
On the one hand, she would be happy.
After all, the Abitur also means “that there is no pressure to take exams.
The last few months have been very exhausting anyway, with all the back and forth, ”says the Heilbrunn native.
But one fear remains: "It would be a shame if you were stamped that it was easier for you to get your Abitur than others." Therefore, the 18-year-old would actually like to take the exams.
"With a quick test."
Tölzer school principal: "" The decision has to be considered very carefully. "
Vitus Neumaier (18) is also about to graduate from high school.
He attends the Rainer-Maria-Rilke-Gymnasium in Icking.
In January he already drew attention to the difficult situation of high school graduates on social media.
His open letter to the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and Minister of Education Michael Piazolo (FW) made waves and has already been liked over 12,000 times on Instagram.
However, the politicians have not reacted to this day (we reported).
Ickinger school principal: "You shouldn't make the graduates even more insecure now."
Regarding the GEW proposal, Neumaier says: “I exchanged ideas with many students through the letter.
The majority would welcome a secondary school diploma. ”He himself thinks that it is“ jumped and jumped ”whether you write the exams or get an average grade for the preliminary work.
Some fear that the Abitur will be more difficult because they lack a lot of material that has to be caught up in the weeks before the exams.
But what burns the 18-year-old much more on the soul: “It would be extremely important that students now finally know how things go with the Abitur.
The uncertainty is the worst. "
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Head of the Rainer-Maria-Rilke-Gymnasium, Stefan Nirschl.
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The director of the Rainer-Maria-Rilke-Gymnasium, Stefan Nirschl, sees it the same way.
But he calms down: “You shouldn't make high school graduates even more insecure now.
The Ministry of Culture has clearly stated that the exams will take place. ”Nirschl is convinced that the Abitur with regular final exams will work well.
“That worked out last year too.” He also knows “that this year group had more complications than those who graduated from high school in 2020”.
But the headmaster points out that the curriculum has been slimmed down accordingly.
"This won us a few weeks."
Before the alternating lessons started again, homeschooling challenged many parents in Tölzer Land.
You can read more information about the current Corona situation in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district here.
