Educational System

The German school system as such is comparatively old since compulsory schooling was first introduced in 1717. The school system as it is today dates back to the 1960/70s.More ...

Seventy per cent of the students who finish post-primary school then go on to work in a company, a workshop, private business or industry.More ...

Germany is becoming a country of private schools. Since 1992, the number of privately operated general education schools has risen about fifty per cent, and every week on the average one or two new establishments are added. But are state schools really worse?More ...