Upper secondary maturity
The Obersekundareife was a student of a high school , which was common in the 1920s in the German Reich. The upper secondary school diploma included the attainment of the intermediate secondary school leaving certificate and additionally the passed examination, which enabled a transfer from the lower secondary to the upper secondary , i.e. the third from last class. The acquisition of the upper secondary qualification (“one-year certificate”) entitles the holder to perform shortened military service as a one-year volunteer until 1918 .
After the First World War , one-year voluntary military service was abolished in the German Reich in 1919 . As a result, the previous one-year certificates lost their authorization. They were replaced in 1920 by certificates of secondary school leaving certificate , which were obtained after attending the Untersekunda and which entitle them to enter intermediate professional careers. The upper secondary maturity also included a transfer from the lower secondary to the upper secondary. Entitlement to attend the Obersekunda opened access to primary school (after the Obersekunda), to the Abitur (after the Oberprima) and subsequent entry into higher professional careers. In 1931, the distinction between middle school leaving certificate and upper secondary school leaving certificate was given up, certificates were standardized and the concept of middle school leaving certificate was completely abolished in 1938.
| Older name | Grade level |
|---|---|
| Great | 13th grade |
| Sublime | 12th class |
| Obersekunda | 11th grade |
| Sub-second | 10th class |
| Obertertia | 9th grade |
| Sub-tertia | 8th grade |
| Quarta | 7th grade |
| Quinta | 6th grade |
| Sexta | 5th grade |
literature
- Masashi Urabe: Function and History of the German School Certificate . At the same time dissertation University of Hiroshima 2007. Klinkhardt 2009, ISBN 978-3-7815-1585-7 , pp. 59-61