WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Education in Germany - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Germany

    Education in Germany is primarily the responsibility of individual German states ( Länder ), with the federal government only playing a minor role. While kindergarten (nursery school) is optional, formal education is compulsory for all children ages 6 to 18. [1] Students can complete three types of school leaving qualifications, ranging from ...

  3. Prussian education system - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prussian_education_system

    Founded by Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow in 1773, Reckahn was the first one-room school with two age-related classes in Prussia. The Prussian education system refers to the system of education established in Prussia as a result of educational reforms in the late 18th and early 19th century, which has had widespread influence since.

  4. Education in East Germany - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_East_Germany

    Education in East Germany. Education in the German Democratic Republic ( East Germany) was a high priority for the communist government and was compulsory from age 6 until age 16. State-run schools included crèches, kindergartens, polytechnic schools, extended secondary schools, vocational training, and universities .

  5. Gymnasium (Germany) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnasium_(Germany)

    Gymnasium ( German pronunciation: [ɡʏmˈnaːzi̯ʊm]; German plural: Gymnasien ), in the German education system, is the most advanced and highest of the three types of German secondary schools, the others being Hauptschule (lowest) and Realschule (middle). [1]

  6. Real school - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_school

    Realschule at the Blutenburg, Germany. Real school (German: Realschule, German: [ʁeˈaːlʃuːlə]) is a type of secondary school in Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.It has also existed in Croatia (realna gimnazija), the Austrian Empire, the German Empire, Denmark and Norway (realskole), Sweden (realskola), Finland (reaalikoulu), Hungary (reáliskola), Latvia (reālskola), Slovenia ...

  7. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States

    Statistics. Educational attainment in the United States from 1940 to 2009 [67] In 2000, 76.6 million students had enrolled in schools from kindergarten through graduate schools. Of these, 72% aged 12 to 17 were considered academically "on track" for their age, i.e. enrolled in at or above grade level.

  8. Education in Switzerland - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Switzerland

    The Swiss students were in their upper secondary education and were attending either a gymnasium, general education, teacher training or advanced vocation training. In math, the Swiss scored a 540 (the average score was 500), and were 3rd out of 21. Their science score was 523, which was 8th out of 21.

  9. Academic grading in Germany - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_Germany

    Academic grading. Germany uses a 5- or 6-point grading scale (GPA) to evaluate academic performance for the youngest to the oldest students. Grades vary from 1 (excellent, sehr gut) to 5 (resp. 6) (insufficient, nicht genügend ). In the final classes of German Gymnasium schools that prepare for university studies, a point system is used with ...