High school
Oberschule is a collective term for secondary schools or those of higher education . Today this word denotes a multitude of very different special school forms.
Germany
- At the time of National Socialism , “ Oberrealschulen ” and “ Realgymnasien ” were uniformly renamed “Oberschulen” in 1937–1945 and, like other grammar schools, were higher education institutions leading to the Abitur .
- In West Germany , “Oberschule” was used as a general term for the grammar school from 1945 to the 1970s , similar to the way the Realschule was colloquially called “Mittelschule”.
- In the GDR up to 1959 every higher educational institution leading to the Abitur was called “Oberschule”, from 1959 “ Extended Oberschule ” (EOS). Since then, the ten-class single school has been known as the “ Polytechnic Oberschule ” (POS).
- In Germany after 1987, the term "Oberschule" is used country-specifically for different types of school:
- Oberschule (Baden-Württemberg) - an institution of the second educational path
- Vocational High School Bavaria (BOB) - since 2008
- Oberschule (Berlin) - today a comprehensive term for secondary schools and grammar schools, formerly also often included in individual school names
- Oberschule (Brandenburg) - since 2005 like a regional school for grades 7 to 10
- Oberschule (Bremen) - since 2010 all secondary schools that are not referred to as grammar schools
- Oberschule (Lower Saxony) - since 2011 a combination of secondary and secondary schools, some with a high school branch up to grade 10
- Oberschule (Saxony) - At the turn of the school year 2013, the middle school in Saxony was developed into a high school.
Austria
In Austria, the secondary schools are the general secondary school (AHS) - mostly grammar schools - and the vocational secondary school (BHS), as well as a number of special forms .
Liechtenstein, Switzerland
In Liechtenstein and in the Swiss canton of Glarus , the Oberschule is a section of the three or four-stage lower secondary level for young people with basic school requirements. It lasts four years, expands the content of primary school and prepares students for apprenticeships . In Liechtenstein it is attended by around a quarter of secondary school students.
See also the education system in Liechtenstein and section lower secondary level in the article Education system in Switzerland.
South-Tirol
Japan
In Japan, high school includes grades 10 to 12 and follows directly on from three-year middle school.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ School models (lower secondary level). On the website of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Directors of Education (EDK) , canton survey for the 2017/2018 school year
- ↑ high school. On the website of the state administration, accessed on February 15, 2019