The fear was great, especially among education experts: Exam dates that have been postponed several times, plus the general stress and the corona-related uncertainties and worries – all of this could lead to a drop in school leavers in this year’s final exams, so the fears.
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“In the end, if the performance of the students turns out to be significantly worse than the average of the last few years, then I expect a disadvantage compensation,” said Bernhard Kempen, President of the German University Association and thus the voice of the university professors: In the race for the particularly coveted , with a NC the degree with the Corona-High School different from previous applicants.
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“It would be conceivable, for example, that the universities grant an appropriate bonus for the subjects with restricted admission,” said Kempen in an interview with the editorial network Germany. Peter-André Alt, President of the University Rectors’ Conference, had also asked in view of the special learning and exam situation of current high school students: “You have to take this into account when you ultimately evaluate the performance of these students.”
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Berlin: Best Abi cut for ten years
Now it shows that the fears may have been exaggerated. In any case, Berlin high school graduates “can be particularly proud of their achievements in this pandemic exceptional year,” said Berlin Senator for Education Sandra Scheeres. Berlin high school graduates achieved an average of 2.3 for the first time – in the past nine years it had been stable at 2.4. According to Scheeres, the corona pandemic was “a great challenge for all of us,” which was “excellently mastered” by the young adults.
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Hamburg also reports a slightly improved high school diploma this year: the average was 2.36, in the past ten years it had been between 2.42 and 2.48. The result shows “that it was right to take the Abitur exams and not to cancel,” said Schulsenator Ties Rabe. The good result is “also a success of a sensible, unexcited and reliable school policy in Hamburg and the other 15 federal states”. Obviously, the preparation of the pupils during the distance learning was better than was claimed for a long time, said Rabe. It cannot be statistically ascertained in Hamburg and Berlin whether the examiners judged somewhat more mildly this year due to Corona.
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As the NDR reports, average values are already available from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In the country-wide final exams is according to the report no deterioration in the average was discernible. The average for the middle school leaving certificate was 2.6 and thus exactly the value of the previous two years. According to the previous evaluations, the school leavers achieved a value of between 2.3 and 2.4 – in the past two years the average had been here each located at 2.3.
While in North Rhine-Westphalia, the state with the highest number of high school graduates, the nationwide average results are still being determined, Schleswig-Holstein is almost as good as having collected the data. The average grade of this year’s final exams is to be published in Kiel on Tuesday. According to SPIEGEL information, however, it can already be seen that in the northernmost federal state, the values for both the middle school leaving certificate and the Abitur have been on average over the past few years – here, too, the concern about sagging student performance would only have been a blind alarm.
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