Giving German schools an 'F' for integration

[acari]

Giving German schools an 'F' for integration in The Local

In 2008, according to the federal government’s latest integration report, 13.3 percent of immigrant children aged 15 to 19 left school without any kind of qualification – twice the rate of youngsters from ethnic German families. Worryingly, the immigrant drop-out rate actually rose compared with 2007, when it was 10 percent.

Some 43 percent of immigrant children graduate with only a Hauptschule certificate – the lowest type in Germany’s multi-tiered secondary school system – compared with 31 percent of German children.

At the other end of the scale, just one in 10 immigrant children graduate from an elite, university-track secondary school, or Gymnasium, compared with one third of German children, according to a July report from social research group the Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband.

Not gonna lie, our education system sucks.

Comments

[the_future_modernes]

Oh jeez. *headdesk* At some point, we will get "equal rights" through our heads. At some point. Dear GOD it is taking a while, though.

[acari]

And our education system is not federal business so each state has a slightly different model on top of that. There are initiatives in many states to change how our school works but good luck trying to convince fearful Gymnasium-parents of that need. The unwashed masses will drag down their kids' elite education. *eyeroll*

And good luck trying to get a good eduction for your physically disabled child. My Gymnasium was never wheelchair accessible in any way, shape or form. :/