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Due to the Corona crisis, the start of the Abitur exams in the next year will be postponed by almost 14 days until May 12, 2021. “We want all high school graduates to find fair conditions, both in the exams and in the preparation, “said Education Minister Michael Piazolo (Free Voters) in Munich. So far, the start of the Abitur exams was scheduled for April 30, 2021.
Piazolo wants to take countermeasures from the beginning
The minister noted that grammar schools begin their final exams earlier than other types of schools. “That is why quarantine measures and also longer phases with distance learning are particularly noticeable in Abitur classes and can lead to deadline pressure,” Piazolo emphasized. In order to ease the time required to prepare for the Abitur, countermeasures are now being taken at an early stage.
In the BR discussion, the minister also noted that the Christmas holidays start a few days before this year and that the material from the previous school year had to be retrieved and repeated at the beginning of this school year.
A further postponement cannot be ruled out
In the event that the contagion situation worsens, a new postponement of Abitur cannot be ruled out, according to Piazolo. “For this we have to wait the next few months,” he said.
If necessary, the date of the final examinations of the crown situation will also be adjusted in the other types of schools. The exams in the other types of schools are a little later, said Piazolo in the BR: “In this sense, we do not have the same pressure. But we are attentive.”
Abitur 2020 has also been postponed
Bavaria had already postponed the Abitur exams for a few weeks this year, from April 30 to May 20. This was accounted for by the loss of crown-related lessons for several weeks. Despite adverse circumstances, high school graduates achieved a better degree in 2020 than in the previous year.
