Abitur in Saarland
The Saarland Abitur certificate is obtained by successfully completing the upper school level (grades 10-12) and the centrally placed Abitur examination.
Until 2010, the Abitur examination followed an introductory phase (grade 11) and a main phase (grades 12 and 13). On July 2, 2007, the “School and Examination Regulations for Upper School and Abitur Examination in Saarland” (GOS-VO) were adopted and the Abitur was introduced after twelve years in Saarland. 2009 took two vintages at the High School in part, the Baccalaureate was therefore organized slightly differently by a transitional arrangement. The first pure G8 class completed the exam in 2010.
On April 17, 2018, the Saarland state government approved a reform of the Saar High School (GOS). This change includes a. also an expansion of the selection of courses at a higher level of proficiency ( e-courses ), in the future again advanced courses , to the natural science subjects ( biology , chemistry , physics ), to the social science subjects (politics, geography , history ), computer science , sport , music , Fine Arts , Religion, and General Ethics . The new GOS regulation applies from the school year 2018/19 for students from the current grade 10 in ascending order. This means that the first graduate class will complete the exams in accordance with the new GOS regulation in 2021.
Introductory phase
Access authorization
The first year (grade 10) is known as the introductory phase. The following are authorized to enter the introductory phase:
- High school students who have been successfully promoted to grade 10
- Real and comprehensive school students with correspondingly good grades in grade 10 and two foreign languages
Comprehensive and secondary school students with only one foreign language can take their Abitur at vocational high schools , at the technical-scientific high school (TWG), at the economic high school (WWG) or at schools with special language courses.
Compulsory subjects
In the introductory phase, the following subjects are compulsory (the individual profiles sometimes differ more or less intensively):
| subject | Weekly hours |
|---|---|
| mathematics | 4th |
| German | 4th |
| 2 foreign languages | 3 each (= 6) |
| Social studies | 2 |
| Sports | 2 |
| total | 18th |
Elective areas
| Scientific and social profile (4 of 5) | |
| subject | Weekly hours |
|---|---|
| history | 2 each |
| Geography | |
| physics | |
| chemistry | |
| biology | |
| total | 8th |
| Artistic Profile (1 of 2) | |
| subject | Weekly hours |
| music | 2 each |
| Visual arts | |
| total | 2 |
| Ethical Profile (1 of 3) | |
| subject | Weekly hours |
| Religion (catholic) | 2 each |
| Religion (evangelical) | |
| General ethics | |
| total | 2 |
| Elective subject (minimum 1, maximum 2) | |
| subject | Weekly hours |
| 3rd / 4th foreign language | 3 |
| fifth GW / NW subject | 2 each |
| second art subject | |
| Performing game | |
| philosophy | |
| Computer science | |
| Economics | |
| Sports theory | |
| total | 2-5 |
| Σ Elective areas | 14-17 |
| + mandatory area | +18 |
| Mandatory number of hours per week | 32-36 |
Main phase
The main phase comprises the four half-years 11/1 to 12/2.
E-courses / L-courses
An advanced level course (e-course) is an advanced level course. Two subjects from the core subjects German , mathematics and foreign language must be taken as an e-course. These subjects are taught five hours per week.
As a result of the reform of the Saar High School (GOS), the range of courses for one of the two e-courses will be expanded to include the natural sciences ( biology , chemistry , science ) from the 2018/19 school year at vocational upper level grammar schools and from the 2019/20 school year at grammar schools . Physics ), social science subjects (politics, geography , history ), computer science , sports , music , fine arts , religion and general ethics . As before the GOS-VO of 2007, the e-courses will be renamed advanced courses.
G courses
All courses that are not taken as an e-course are considered courses at a basic level of ability (basic courses or G courses). These are courses with a basic level of difficulty. With the reform of the GOS-VO there are more options, but the subject of history will be taught in the future.
| GOS-VO 2007-2019 | Reform of the GOS-VO from 2019 |
|---|---|
| Compulsory subjects | Unless selected as an L course ... |
| the third core subject that was not taken as an e-course (4 WS) | the second and third core subject (4 WS) |
| one of the natural science subjects biology , chemistry or physics ( 4 WS ) | one of the natural science subjects biology , chemistry or physics ( 3 WS ) |
| one of the social science subjects history , geography or politics ( 4 WS ) | one of the social science subjects history ( 2 WS ), geography or politics ( 3 WS ) |
| one of the subjects music or fine arts (2 WS) | one of the subjects music or fine arts (2 WS) |
| the subject religion or general ethics (2 WS) | the subject religion or general ethics (2 WS) |
| Sports (2 WS) | Sports (2 WS) |
| a seminar subject ( 2 WS ) | Compulsory subject history (at least 1 WS ) |
| a sloping subject ( 4 WS ) | further subjects (at least 7 WS ) |
| Total G courses: 24 WS | Total G courses: 24 WS |
Tilt compartment
GOS-VO 2007-2019
Any subject other than the e-courses, the chosen compulsory basic subjects, the seminar subject, performing games and general ethics can be chosen as a specialty subject. The specialty subject is taught four hours per week. The vocational high schools are an exception, here the specialty must be a foreign language or a professional subject. If an otherwise two-hour subject (music, fine arts, religion, ethics, sport) is chosen as a specialty, another subject must be chosen as a supplementary subject.
GOS-VO from 2019
The specialty subject is now only offered for two hours with the subjects of art 2, performing games, philosophy, economics, computer science or technology.
Seminar subject
The seminar subject has an interdisciplinary orientation and should be taught in an interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary manner. The subject is taught consistently with two hours per week. As part of the seminar subject, the student can achieve a special learning achievement that extends over two half-years, for example participation in an advertised competition, an annual project or an interdisciplinary project.
Point system
The evaluation takes place in the following point system:
| Points | Note in words | Grade (with tendency) | Raw points | Note definition | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15th | very good | 1+ | 97 (up to Abitur 2020) or 95 (from Abitur 2021) % | The services particularly meet the requirements. | |
| 14th | 1 | 93 (up to Abitur 2020) or 90 (from Abitur 2021) % | |||
| 13 | 1− | 90 (up to Abitur 2020) or 85 (from Abitur 2021) % | |||
| 12 | Well | 2+ | 85 (up to Abitur 2020) or 80 (from Abitur 2021) % | The services fully meet the requirements. | |
| 11 | 2 | 80 (up to Abitur 2020) or 75 (from Abitur 2021) % | |||
| 10 | 2− | 75 (up to Abitur 2020) or 70 (from Abitur 2021) % | |||
| 9 | satisfying | 3+ | 70 (up to Abitur 2020) or 65 (from Abitur 2021) % | The services correspond to the requirements in general. | |
| 8th | 3 | 65 (up to Abitur 2020) or 60 (from Abitur 2021) % | |||
| 7th | 3− | 60 (up to Abitur 2020) or 55 (from Abitur 2021) % | |||
| 6th | sufficient | 4+ | 55 (up to Abitur 2020) or 50 (from Abitur 2021) % | The services show deficiencies, but on the whole still meet the requirements. | |
| 5 | 4th | 50 (up to Abitur 2020) or 45 (from Abitur 2021) % | |||
| 4th | weak sufficient 1 | 4− | 45 (up to Abitur 2020) or 40 (from Abitur 2021) % | The services show deficiencies and only meet the requirements with restrictions. 1 | deficit area |
| 3 | inadequate | 5+ | 38 (up to Abitur 2020) or 33 (from Abitur 2021) % | The services do not meet the requirements, but show that the necessary basic knowledge is available and the deficiencies can be remedied in the foreseeable future. | |
| 2 | 5 | 32 (up to Abitur 2020) or 27 (from Abitur 2021) % | |||
| 1 | 5− | 25 (up to Abitur 2020) or 20 (from Abitur 2021) % | |||
| 0 | insufficient | 6th | 0% | The services do not meet the requirements and even the basic knowledge is so incomplete that the deficiencies cannot be remedied in the foreseeable future. | not used |
1 = Contrary to the official definition of the grade “poorly sufficient”, a course with this grade is not considered passed; the services do not meet the requirements.
Abitur examination
The Abitur examination takes place in the fourth half of the year (12/2). Five examination subjects are examined, four of which are written and one oral. The seminar subject can neither be a written nor an oral Abitur examination subject. At the request of the student, one of the written subjects can also be examined orally. An examination must be taken in the three core subjects (from 2021: in at least two core subjects). The two E-courses / L-courses and two G-courses are examined in writing. A G course is an oral exam. The task fields linguistic-literary-artistic, social science and mathematical-scientific-technical must be covered.
In terms of time, the E courses are written every five hours (L courses from 2021 4h 30min), the G courses three hours (from 2021 3h to 3h 45min). The oral exam lasts 20 minutes.
Abitur grade
In order to determine the grade, the points of the overall qualification are converted into the Abitur grades according to a key. A maximum of 600 points can be achieved in the course area and a maximum of 300 points in the Abitur area. The overall qualification consists of:
Qualification in the course area
A total of 36 courses (from 2021: 40 courses) are to be included. The exam subjects account for 4 * 5 = 20. In addition, if not covered by the examination subjects, the following must be submitted:
- four courses in the core subjects
- four courses of the compulsory social science subject
- four courses of compulsory science
- two courses in music or fine arts
- two courses in religion / general ethics
No subject may be completed with “insufficient” (00) and in 29 courses (from 2021: 32 courses) at least the grade “sufficient” (05) must be achieved. The number of points must be at least 180 (from 2021: 200). To determine the points, the grades of the 36 courses (until 2021) are weighted with the factor 40/36. From 2021, the 40 half-year results will be added up in a single rating.
Qualification in high school
The Abitur examination is considered passed if the quadrupled final grade is at least 20 points in at least three examination subjects (including an E-subject / L-subject). The total of the quadrupled final grades must be at least 100.
Overall qualification
To calculate the overall qualification, the total number of points achieved in the course areas and the Abitur areas are added and converted into an average grade.
At least 300 points must be achieved.
The average Abitur grade results from the number of points for the overall qualification:
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Web links
- Guide: Upper secondary school (contains all important information) (PDF file; 861 kB)
- School and examination regulations for the upper school level and the Abitur examination in Saarland (GOS-VO) (PDF; 187 kB) from July 2, 2007
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ordinance - School and Examination Regulations - on the upper school level and the Abitur examination in Saarland (GOS-VO). (PDF; 182KB) Ministry of Education, July 2, 2007, accessed July 24, 2017 .
- ↑ a b press release. saarland.de, April 18, 2018, accessed April 20, 2018 .
- ↑ a b More choice for the advanced level. saarbruecker-zeitung.de, April 19, 2018, accessed on April 20, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Recommendations and handouts for the seminar subject in the main phase of the Saar high school. (PDF; 375KB) 2010, accessed on July 24, 2017 .
- ↑ Agreement on the design of the upper school level and the Abitur examination: Resolution of the Conference of Ministers of Education of July 7, 1972 as amended on February 15, 2018. Conference of Ministers of Education, accessed on May 11, 2019 . P. 25, Appendix 4: Table for calculating the average Abitur grade (N) from the number of points in the overall result (E).