School type
1, liberal arts colleges
Generally, those with good grades will apply for this kind of liberal arts middle school. The academic system of liberal arts middle schools is basically eight to nine years, and students can get diplomas after completing the courses. Moreover, this diploma is common in all German states, and students can also apply for various comprehensive schools in Germany with these diplomas. But in Germany, only some students can go to these advanced liberal arts middle schools to study abroad.
In the last two years of this liberal arts middle school, students study like preparatory courses. There are compulsory courses and elective courses respectively. And these courses also have basic content and professional content.
In the last two years, that is, the senior year, students will choose courses or key subjects according to their interests or abilities, so as to make better preparations before entering the university.
After all, there are many directions, such as literature and art. Elective courses are mostly basic courses in various disciplines. Students must take two courses, one of which must be Chinese or math.
Moreover, these schools also need exams, and the content of the exams is the courses chosen by students. However, in these high schools, many career-related subjects have been added. Nowadays, liberal arts high schools have also increased various related vocational education to meet the needs of society.
2. Practical middle school
These schools generally recruit students with average grades and need to study for five to six years. Their main teaching is vocational education, but it is also a better part of the whole German education system. The main talents are those who are suitable for enterprises or various institutions.
Why can it develop so well? Because in these schools. Students can get a secondary school diploma. They can finally develop in a higher direction. By the seventh grade, students need to choose elective subjects. There are also foreign languages, science and other subjects. Many students in these schools will continue to receive vocational education, but they will also receive vocational training.
3. Vocational preparation courses
These middle schools are more suitable for students with strong hands-on ability. After graduation, these students will continue their dual education and complete various trainings. Let yourself develop in handicrafts and so on.
Because Germany is a big industrial country. Therefore, the society has a great demand for professionals. Many students here go to vocational schools after graduation. In these schools. What they have learned is practical knowledge, and they can start work earlier than other students.
4. Comprehensive middle school
This comprehensive school is actually a combination of the above schools, which can be understood as a high school in a liberal arts middle school. Moreover, the diplomas of these schools have been certified all over Germany. Moreover, this comprehensive school is more flexible because of the system. So now it has become one of the pillars of the German education system.
This kind of school advocates teaching students according to their aptitude. Students can choose courses with various difficulties according to their abilities here. There are also vocational education in these courses.
Boarding middle school
1. Private boarding school
* * * Germany has 2 1 schools, with an average school size of 300 students and a teacher-student ratio of about 1:5. Its teaching and accommodation conditions are among the best in Germany, so most of them are famous schools in Germany and even in Europe.
2. Boarding school under the church
The school is funded by the church, and students are not required to be religious, but they should follow the religious activities of the school. This kind of school has a strict school spirit. Due to church funding, tuition fees are low.
3. Public boarding schools
This kind of school is established and funded by the state government, and its cost is lower than that of missionary middle schools. The lowest monthly tuition fee is only a few hundred euros, and the highest is only 1000 euros. Students who come directly from foreign countries are usually not admitted.
4. International schools
Teaching and daily use of English, the secondary school diploma is not from Abitur, Germany, but IB (International Bachelor Degree Diploma). With this diploma, you can directly apply for universities in English-speaking countries and European countries. Because these schools can't provide Abitur, they are not the choice for students who want to continue studying in Germany after graduation.