Realschule plus
The secondary school plus is a school in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .
At the beginning of the 2009/2010 school year, all previous secondary and secondary schools in Rhineland-Palatinate were gradually merged. The previous regional schools and dual secondary schools were also transferred to the new type of school at the beginning of the 2009/10 school year. The process was completed by the 2013/2014 school year. Since then, Rhineland-Palatinate has had a two-tier system, which is supplemented by comprehensive schools.
This new type of school is available in two forms - either as a cooperative secondary school or an integrative secondary school . Both forms can lead to the secondary school leaving certificate and the qualification for vocational school . If the requirements are met, some of the Realschulen plus also offer the advanced technical college entrance qualification . If this option is not available at a school, the advanced technical college entrance qualification can be achieved at another Realschule plus if the relevant requirements are met.
In the orientation level , the students are taught together in a class.
After that, the Cooperative Realschule forms graduation-related classes from grade 7 onwards, which are characterized by permeability in both directions.
At the integrative secondary school , the pupils stay longer in the old class and are only divided into different courses in individual subjects. This form of performance differentiation is also known from integrated comprehensive schools . It remains open for a long time which of the two degrees will be achieved in the end.
According to the former education minister Doris Ahnen, there is also the project “Nobody without a qualification” at selected secondary schools plus. The aim of the project is to reduce the dropout rate. In order to further improve the pedagogical prerequisites, a maximum class size of 25 students was planned for the newly emerging Realschulen plus in the binding common orientation level.
The chairman of the German Teachers Association Josef Kraus criticized this type of school: It ". Are the losers, but his previous school students, the previous junior high school student" Tilman Boehlkau by the Education and Science Union criticized the fact that students still "too early to different types of schools be divided ".
Whether an integrative or cooperative secondary school is offered, which schools want to work together, was first decided by the school authority. He submitted a corresponding application to the school authorities. Finally, the decision was made by the school authority that built the school.