I watched the video until the end. Finally, i got to understand the school system in Germany. When i had this topic discussed by my teacher in German Language School, my brain exploded yet i never understood it.

I am at a university here in the UK and I have to do a presentation on the school system in Germany as part of my degree! I desperately needed some information on the subject and this video was so so helpful! Thank you!!

Great video !! Kudos, especially knowing all these stuff I stuck through the 42 mins without skipping and I dont regret it. Much love ❣️

We definitely had school buses in our small town in southern Bavaria, generally rural areas in Germany all have school buses. They're still only regular public transport buses that go on these school bus routes three or four times a day to get all the children to school and back home. Also, I don't know if it's still the case, but here in Bavaria the recommendation letter you get at the end of primary school actually is binding, so if your teacher says you can't attend a Gymnasium, then you just can't. Parents can fight it, but most don't. At least it still used to be that way when I finished primary school in 2011. Regarding the canteen: At least the Gymnasium next to the Realschule I attended had a canteen, since Gymnasium nowadays (especially with G8) does keep students in class quite long.

Thanks again for this very detailed video :) As an Italian student here in Germany for 1 year exchange in Universität (Double Degree program, in English), personally really appreciate the education system for universities: dormitories, facilities (Mensa and sport activities) and semester ticket. With the last one, with a fixed price (300-500€) also you can travel with public transports in the region where you study. Plus, now semester ticket (at least what as been said by our university) is considered as 9€ ticket to travel around all Germany from June to August. Finally, appreciate the no difference for semester ticket price, based on parent’s income. Unfortunately, in Italy is not like this: even in public universities, there are price distinctions and could cost at the maximum 3000€ …

Wow, great job. Sehr gut. So informative. Ich werde definitiv Teilen👌.Thanks for your efforts . Ich lerne sehr viel von euch. LG. Tesa

This was really informative. Keep up the good work. Thank you so much for making this video❤

Das ist nützlich, absolutely love ur videos Guys, so detailed. Have been looking for a channel that can give me what I need to know about Different thing in Germany (couldn’t find any but Thank God I found u guys) and Thanks for all the hard work you put in this Video. Anyway, I’m Cara Rainbow, I’m currently living in South Africa but I’m from Kenya and I have been learning German for a while, I want to come there Next Year, For sure Ur videos has been helping me for different information and as for someone who want to come and study there, This video is dope and other ones u did : like the one with those online Bank (absolutely helpful as someone who does Trading). Thanks a lot Guys, Keep up the good work!!!

Vielen Dank! Sie haben so deutlich und einfach erklärt. Endlich verstehe ich wie dieses System funktioniert.

Excellent! I wasted a month to find the school system information. The moment I don’t need it, your video prompted up. I still watched fully. To me, the German school system is really difficult to understand. Thanks a lot for your video. It is very informative and useful. I will share your video to my friends! All the best! Keep it up! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

When you started talking about the grading system in Germany I was like: "Yay! Isn't it lovely and easy?" By the time you mentioned the switch to 1 to 15 points in Sekundarstufe 2 (and that teachers actually have a grading system by percentage/ points from 1-100) I burst out laughing and remembered how confusing it actually is. 🤣 My apologies as a German to the rest of the world!

Thank you Jen and Yvonne

Thanks for making the video, I asked about it a while ago, nice to see it done.

Great "smooth-ly" 40min long vid, it reminds me a lot of your videos on "interview tips" and "renting in Germany" where you can't wait to finish the episode to replay it to get more info out of it. Brilliant job! If I may suggest a future video about "Volunteering in DUS" or Germany in general. All the best to both of you!

Highly informative and very helpful. Danke :)

Kids can't stop to go to school after 15. The duty to attend school is to 17-18 (different in states), therefore you also go to a school called Berufsschule when you make a vocational training/apprenticenship

Excellent video. Very informative. Thanks so much.

There are 2 errors here. Mistake 1: as a Main (haupt) school student you can get 2 different degrees! the 10A conclusion is the described main shoe conclusion. But from the 9th class, the children who show more performance are usually separated into one or two classes and these make the 10B degree, which then includes the transfer to a high school for the Abitur. 10b graduates of the main shoe can very well take a high school diploma and attend a university! Mistake 2 There is not only the master within a profession. Before the master comes the technician! this is equated with the bachelor's degree in the EU. you can do that in advance. a master's degree in a profession is also very similar to a university master's degree. That's why the whole thing in Germany is also called a second chance of education. and please don't forget we have 2 university types! Universities and technical universities. anyone with a second chance of education can attend the university here with a "Fach Abitur", even without a full "Abitur" certificate. In my case, I'm a 10B Main School graduate, I passed my Abitur and then learned a trade as an energy electronics technician. I then did my technician and trainer and studied for a Master of electrical engineering. :)

Great video! I like how you both give a critical look to the information you give.

❤️ Simple Germany ❤️

The way it works in Argentina is pretty simple. After kindergarten, you go to primary school from ages 6 to 12. At 13 you start secondary school. Secondary schools have what Germans would call a Schwerpunkt, which means on top of your general classes you also have classes that target your focus area. The most common focus areas are accounting, businnes management, mechanical engineering and teaching. I chose IT, so I got classes on programming, networking, robotics and things like that. Once you finish secondary school at age 17 (or 18 if you're in a mechanical engineering focus), you can go to a technical school, which is usually 2 or 3 year programmes aimed at jobs like sommelier, photography, business assistants and things like that. Or you can go to university and get a degree. At any stage you can choose to attend a public school, which is completely free of charge or you also have private schools with different price ranges.

Thank you so so so much for these videos and website, I'm from Costa Rica and recently moved to Berlin and let me tell you, it's been really hard, but your videos make me feel way better and get used to the change!

Enjoyed the long video. Thank you as always!

The education system in germany is pretty easy to understand due to the new changes you have primary and Gesamtschule/Gymnasium. That means there are possible three schools to visit

Thank youuu. This topic is not easy to get as a foreigner

Great content. I attended a parents' seminar for grade 4 graduates but I couldn't understand the differences.

Regarding votes, in italy: primary school, you get a descriptive vote (not number, but e.g. "excellent"), middleschool and high-school (until 18yo) you get 1-10 (10 being highest) and than at university you get 1-30 for the exams (30 being the highest)

I attend a school in Germany but I know that in Switzerland the grade system works differently. There they have grades from one to six, but six is the best and one the worst grade. So as I have a teacher who is from Switzerland he once gave our class very unexpected grades because he gave them like he was used to do it in Switzerland. Fortunately he understands our System in Germany now 😅

Your videos of great help in every domain. It will be great if you could do a video on the accessories used by ladies in Germany and places to buy them please.

You forgot (or did not know?) something. Quereinstieg. So, my path looked like this: Grundschule Hauptschule mit Hauptschulabschluss Berufsfachschule (here you could choose between Wirtschaft, Technik and Sozial) mit Mittlere Reife Ausbildung Work + Abendgymnasium with Allgemeiner Abiturabschluss University (no, not Fachhochschule but normal University) I am 36 now and have not worked since I started Uni around 10 years ago. Instead I had kids. As I do not want to get back into my previous fields, the Arbeitsamt gave me the possibility to either do an Umschulung or a new Ausbildung in Halbzeit/ verkürzt. I am so excited about that!

Guys, super informative video. thank you so much.

Excellent explanation 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾thank you

I really needed this video . Thank you 🙏

I attended the "Studienkolleg" for one year (I'm from Nicaragua) in order to get admitted to the university. Other countries need only six months (Greece, Argentina) and others none (Chile, Scandinavians). American high school graduates need two years. You need to pass a German, mathematics, and other subjects exam to be admitted to the Studienkolleg.

FYI and making it all more complicated: in some topics the information of the video is not up to date. roughly said: it varies by state. For example in Hamburg you cant' repeat the school year anymore (since 2010/11). So you go on each year - even if you fail. Once you have attended school for 9 years you are either allowed to take an exam to get the Hauptschulabschluss (and/or continue going to school) or you aren't (=you leave school without any diploma/graduation). Also schools in Hamburg are Ganztagsschulen (at least offering the option) as well as Integrationsschulen (the Förderschulen are getting abolished in Hamburg, Niedersachsen, Bremen... and I guess other states aswell). Sry for being a smartass. I enjoy your channel very much and do appreciate the way you are giving information as well as the choice of your topics.

With you it's not complicated at all! it's really simple as your S logan Love.

Relevant and great content everyday and always.

Thanks a lot for the details. Could you share a link (if any) to access the Private schools in different cities in Germany? Thanks in advance.

Love you girls! Thanks for this video, everything was really well explained. I'm currently experiencing the German school system with my 9-year-old daughter and it's been an interesting learning experience, to say the least! 😩

Insightful Video!!! Very well presented. I am applying for Teachers job in the private and International schools in Germany. I am trained in the IGCSE curriculum which is different from IB. I personally felt maybe you could have given an idea about IGCSE curriculum too. I believe the tuition fee in these schools is much lesser than IB schools. Plus you could have added Montessori and Waldorf systems or may that is for another time :) Having said that this video is by far simplistic than so many other videos I have come across. And all done in 42 mins👍

Here in Bulgaria we have different grading system. It's from 2 to 6 where 2 is the worst and 6 is the best grade :) 2 - poor, 3 - middle, 4 - good, 5 - very good and 6 - excellent :) We would get a 1 if we were caught helping other's cheat :) Basically, telling them the answe

I don't know if it's just my state (Hesse) but the "little" and "grand" Latinum where replaced by a general "Latinum" which you get after 5 years of latin classes. (Same for Graecum and Hebraicum) Also: In my State you only had to leave the Gymnasium in Grade 7 if you didn't have that Letter of Recommendation. So when you where there against the teachers recommendation you couldn't repeat grade 7 And lastly: Most Förder- and Sonderschulen have actually been dissolved in the last years and integrated in general schools. Just in my "Kreis" (County) they have closed 2 special need schools and build a completely new one and transformed another into a "integrative Gesamtschule" (this was done because of UN regulations for integration)

I just love all your content. Watching u both for a week now, it feels like ur my Germany friends already. Feels so confident to move to Germany I'm August. Keep up good work. Looking for more content related to famlies as well mainly with kids. Thanks again guys

Another great one from my favorite deutsches (correction, guatsches) Ehepaar! And cute thumbnail! Hope you didn't damage your eyes, wearing Jen's glasses, Yvonne. Please, tell me if there's a good resource to learn more about programs and regulations detailing learning German in Germany for Uni preparation ... that don't require one to return home before applying!!! Your loyal fan, Jens von West ; )

Hi ! I come from India and here we have grading in percentages - 1 to 100% for high school and the competition in big cities is extremely fierce ; as in students getting below 98% out of a possible 100% usually do not get their desired course . Certain colleges even have a 100% cut off for admission to certain courses ! I myself am coming to Germany in August to pursue my MBA . And i really love all your videos :-) !! Thank for such detailed and well researched content ;)

This channel really deserves more subscibers.

Again another masterpiece - you ladies rock - what a marathon of very valuable information. What about "Baumschule"? 🌲🌳😉

Summer holiday in German school is so short! In Latvia summer holiday in school is 3 months.

Could you make a video on Ausbildung at some point 😄 I’ll be a trying to pursue that route when I move back to Germany 🙏🏾

Little fun-fact regarding 'sitzen bleiben (stay seated)' ... Back in my schooldays (some 30+ years ago) WE called this "Ehrenrunde (Honor Round / Honor Years)" ... If we wanted to sound more sophisticated 😏 [sorry not a native speaker/writer]

Grades question is very interesting and different in Azerbaijan, where i studied my whole life up until University :) so its numbers from 1-5, where 5 is the best u can get, since 5+ is not really a thing, like teacher can put a 5+ for ut group project but in the actual diploma it'd be 5. And the 2 is the worst u can get meaning the kid failed the class.. and where is 1 you would ask? Well, no where :) but the grading system is still 1-5, only changes to the US American A-F in university.

Please make a video in ''Duales Studium''. Discuss all details and all requirements for foreign students.

Great vedio!! guys a detailed one. So supposedly the public schools would just teach in German or have a option of English as a medium as well ? Also would be great if you can do a detailed vedio for schools teaching in English as a language medium. As mentioned here private and international schools are bilingual. It would really be helpful for the expat population. Secondly how do you identify which public or international schools are really good?

My girlfriend and I are from Canada and living in Munich. We'd love to attend a meetup in the future!

Hi! As always, many thanks for your videos!! One question: when choosing a Masters Degree, which one would you say is better perceived by employers? : A Master of Arts from a Hochschule (University of Applied Sciences) or a Master of Science from a Universität (University)? I´m reading on google that a MSc from a Universität kind of "has more status" than a MA from a Hochschule, but what do you think? All of this in the field of Finance/Banking. Thank you!!!

Back in my day, had 0-20 grading system in Iran, 0 is the worst, and 20 is the best, with 0.25 stepping gradings. Now we have changed into Excellent to poor grading system, like in Germany or US.

In Bavaria the Hauptschule is called Mittelschule.

Great Video. Do you have any video for a family with kids moving to Germany, where and what all they have to register for kids and family, and also daycare registration?

Great overview and insightful content! I'd seen your beautiful written guide months ago, just for information (for now), but this episode delivers additional angles to reflect on. I enjoy you doing a longer video with multiple parts and points. 😉 I understand why Jen appears confused with the grades, it takes time to get accustomed to those if your own background has had them totally differently. Funny thing is, in Bulgaria we do have the 1 to 6 grades, but the other way around, 6 meaning excellent and 2 being feeble. And then there's the 1 which is a punishment quite dangerous grade given for helping a classmate, like whispering to them the correct answer or lifting your sheet so someone behind you can see what you've written. (Got twice a 1 in English and once in French) After that you need to score 3 excellent grades (6) to recover or to undo that 1) 😂 Do you have similar punishment? (This is different than being caught cheating, then you'll get your work dismissed and automatically receive a feeble, but that one is for helping others).

Well this really helped, cause I'm planning to move to Germany by next year, and I'm going to be a teacher by end of July, so this is relevant

Excellent video! Clear and helpful. Thank you. Question: Anything about not having your contract renovated / leaving the job on your website? What to do ? What happens with your health insurance? Thank you!!

Kompliment. Super erklärt. (Punkt.)

It´s wrong to go only to the 9.grade at the Hauptschule. At 1977 you can do after the 9th grade two ways to do the 10 grade. One way to go after this year in a Job education. Or way two to get the "Mittlere Reife" ( Fachoberschulreife)! The "new" form of school is the "Gesamtschule" were all primary schoolsystems in it!

Die Meisterprüfung beinhaltet die Fachhochschulreife!

Hi Jen and Yvonne, thanks for the much useful share. Being an expat and will be moving to Germany shortly, i am worried about the language of study in Germany. My Kids are doing english schooling in Dubai. How fast and easy it would be for my 6yr Boy and 10yr Daughter to adapt to the German language in school. Will there be any help provided from the school? Your help would be highly appreciated.

Croatia has 1-5 grading system, very simple, no pluses or minuses like in the states. But wanna know more about college schedule: in the states students can choose either morning or evening classes. In europe students are blackmailed with unflexible schedules where classes are stretched throughout the day with huge break gaps (?) 🤦🏼

In my country the classes are graded like........D1(BEST),D2(VERY GOOD),C3(GOOD),C4(FAIR),C5(FAIR FAIR),C6(INTERMEDIATE),P7(BAD),P8(POOR),F9(FAILURE) D=DENSITICION C=CREDIT P=PASS F=FAILURE

Is there any correlation between the increase of private schools in Germany and the increase of refugees and immigrants? Are the majority of private schools religious, and if so, are they associated with the Church or religions not historically present to an extent in Germany?

… I did Groundschule. Left back to Brazil in 1980

Hello girls!. As always, thank you very much for the content. I have one question not related to the video. For foreigners is it possible to get covid vaccines?

Hi mam, as you said at the end of primary school when they are grade4. Is it a parents choice or teachers choice to choose what kind of continue education or what path our child should go on? if anybody knows please replay. Thanks in advance

What Gymnasium has only 7 Unterrichtsstunden per day? 😅 We had between 9 and 11 every day. Some days had "Freistunden" but you couldn't leave the school grounds.

I still don't know why I made the same school graph in 1990. I just can't remember why.

To the grading part: I'm german myself but i know that in russia(i went there to school for a bit) the grading system is 1 to 5. 5 being the best and one being the worst :)

Thanks for the fantastic video 👏 i have a question, as an expat, is that possible to study master degree while working as a fulltime. Like online school or night school 🤔

One small important correction: The letter of recommendation isn't a thing in all states. Some of them handle it differently. Bavaria for example has the "Übertrittszeugnis" that 4th graders in elementary get when it's time to register for the "weiterführenden Schulen". The grades in the three main subjects (math, german, "home/nature/biology") on this certificate determine which schools the child is allowed to attend afterwards. If you are better than 2,33 you are allowed to choose between all three schools, between 2,33 and 2,66 you can choose between Hauptschule and Realschule, and below 2,66 you only can go to Hauptschule. If the grades are not good enough there are additional steps parents and their children can do to still get them into the right school, but those are not guaranteed to work out. One possibility would be to attend entry exams directly at the schools. The Realschule I attended had a specific timeframe for this, in which the specific children participating in the entry exam joined special classes for them for a few days, and then they would get an exam about the topics they learned in those classes. The pressure on kids that have to participate in those exams is usually quite strong, so all in all I personally would prefer the system with the letter of recommendation, as the grades in 4th grade really don't give a good indicator about the performance and preference for specific type of work/education later on.

Are you two thinking about getting children yourself? Is the topic of the video related to what's going on in your own lives, or is this just a random topic?

Hey Jen, how does every test in Guate have 100 ponits? I can’t work that out. In Germany we have small tests (maybe only 15 minutes) and big testes (maybe an hour).

Hey girls, I really love your contents! I am willing to move to Germany( I am from Brazil) and I have 2 kids (10, 12 years). Do you know if the school system supports non German/English speakers?

Kita...same ''problem"" all over...that's why the grandmother are for 😀😀😀....to help....and help...

The school system seems a lot better than USA’s,a lot cheaper,as Jen exclaimed.

Is homeschooling illegal after the obligatory age as well? as in, 15-18 year old children, who want to continue studying before trying for university

Beautiful video, I would have a question, is it possible to arrive in Germany with a recognized degree (EU country) and continue your studies for free, with a master’s degree etc? Thanks in advance

Especially on the "high" costs for Kinderbetreuung you can deduct these from your taxable income. Depends on age of your childs and the costs have to transmited via wire (Bank) transfer. It s useful to ask your tax-advisor or Lohnsteuer-Hilfe Verein. Important: It have to transfered by bank. And the costs for food and beverage have to seperated in your contract.

Is there montessori schools or Waldorf schools in germany?

If anyone can help me with this question, I would really appreciate it: can I apply to teach at a school with a Pre-graduation letter? Like I don't actually have the degree, cause we only get it next year.

Primary school in English language or German language?

Is there any problem in English communication skill for childrens?

In Hungary you have grades 1-5, with 5 being the best

Vielen Dank. Aber ich habe jetzt eine große Kopfschmerzen 😅😅💀

Hi... eine kleine Kleinigkeit noch. Man sollte noch erwähnen, dass man mit dem "Meister" auch studieren kann ohne Abitur zu haben.

Hello, my son is 12 years old and currently in primary 6 in my country. They will join me here in Germany this Sept. Since he still don't speak german language, which school should he go? Is the government assign a school for him when they arrive and register at the Rathaus?

Bin nicht 100% sicher - aber ich meine, die Schulpflicht geht bis 18. Man kann nicht mit 15 sagen, ich geh nicht mehr zur Schule, hab keinen Job und bin arbeitslos... auch für Azubis besteht Schulpflicht - meine ich 🤔 Zum Thema Handwerksmeister fällt mir noch ein, das der vor einigen Jahren mit dem Bachelor-Abschluss im Studium gleichgesetzt wurde - so dass man mit dem Hauptschul-Weg (wenn man will) in seinem Interessengebiet wirklich Karriere machen kann 👍

Israel for example has better system when it comes to inclusive schools. They are more aware of the difficulties a child might have. The German system can create better work and academic force.

1. So at the end of year four your teacher makes a recommendation that you're dumber than a box of rocks and need to go to Hauptschule. But it turns out you're really just lazy, or a late bloomer. Is there any way to switch to gymnasium when you're 14 or 15 or is your life's path set by then? 2. Let's say you went the full Hauptschule route and became a manual laborer but by age 30 you decided you want to be a medical Doctor. Is there any way to make that happen? 3. At the end of Grundschule are there any tests that help make the decision on the track kids will be placed on or is simply up to the teacher to make these decisions? These questions are to my point that you're making pretty big life decisions on kids that are so young. From the presentation it looks like Germans make decisions on 8-9 year olds that determine their professions (or basic career possibilities). Are German students far more mature than the rest of the world? How many 8-9 year olds, or their parents/teachers know what the student's true potential is after grade 4?

Am aiming to go to Dusseldorf Germany, are their English speaking jobs there?

Or you cycle to school 😊

No Waldorfschule?

I lived in Germany from 1977 to 1980 I the

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