Düsseldorf Agreement (1955)
The Düsseldorf Agreement , also known as the Agreement between the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany for the standardization of the school system , was passed by the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in Düsseldorf on February 17, 1955 and came into force on April 1, 1957. It mainly affected grammar schools and middle and secondary schools , but less elementary schools ( elementary and secondary schools ). The basis was the proposals drawn up by the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in Feldafing in the summer of 1954 .
The following reforms were agreed:
- English generally became a compulsory foreign language.
- Only two foreign languages had to be learned until the Abitur , which meant that ancient Greek was no longer required at some schools.
The agreement also contained provisions on the start of the school year , the total duration of vacation and the period for the summer vacation, the designations, organizational forms and school types of the Realschule, which was designated as a middle school until 1964 , the recognition of examinations and the designation of the grading scale .
It contributed significantly to calming the debate about the German "school confusion", although a Federal Ministry of Culture was still called for from time to time. It was the negotiating basis for the Hamburg Agreement of 1964, after which these reforms were then implemented.
Footnotes
- ↑ Printed in the appendix to the Baden-Wuerttemberg "Law concerning the agreement between the states of the Federal Republic for the standardization in the field of the school system" of July 25, 1955, Law Gazette Baden-Wuerttemberg 1955 No. 13, pp. 115–117.
- ↑ Foreign languages: French third class. In: Der Spiegel. May 1, 1963, accessed February 17, 2015 .
literature
- Peter Lundgreen : An overview of the social history of the German school. Part II: 1918-1980 . Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1981, ISBN 3-525-33454-0 .