Extended secondary education I

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The extended lower secondary education , students can in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia at a high school , a junior high school or a high school after completion of secondary education , ie after the 10th grade, achieve if their performance is good enough. Under certain circumstances, it can also be reached at a vocational school / vocational college if certain services are met. It entitles you to attend the introductory phase of the upper secondary level , for example the upper secondary level, or to take part in vocational training .

At grammar schools and the grammar school branches of cooperative comprehensive schools, the qualification is automatically achieved with promotion to the eleventh grade; At Realschulen , Hauptschulen and integrated comprehensive schools, the “secondary qualification - Realschule qualification” must first be acquired, the “extended qualification” is then awarded under certain conditions based on the grades.

Since the 2006/2007 school year, attaining the secondary school leaving certificate I - Realschule leaving certificate in Lower Saxony has been tied to a central final examination in class 10. Only high school students and students in the high school branch of the cooperative comprehensive schools are excluded from this test.

In order to obtain the extended secondary qualification I (extended secondary school qualification) in a vocational school, you normally need an overall grade average of at least 3.0. In addition, the requirements for the lower secondary school certificate must be met.

At a secondary secondary school, however, the extended secondary qualification can only be acquired with an overall grade average of 2.0 or better and with two of two courses with increased requirements (mostly mathematics and English).

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