Hauptschule
Sign in to savethumb|right|230px|Catholic Hauptschule in Wuppertal, [[North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany]] A Hauptschule (, ) is a secondary school in Germany, starting after four years of elementary schooling (Grundschule), which offers Lower Secondary Education (Level 2) according to the International Standard Classification of Education. Any student who attends a German elementary school can go to a Hauptschule or Gesamtschule, while students who want to attend a Realschule or Gymnasium need to have good marks in order to do so. The students spend five to six years at the Hauptschule, from 5th to 9th (or 10t
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- History
- Basics
- Problems
- Hauptschulen in different Bundesländer ([[States of Germany|federal states]]) of Germany
- Abolition of the Hauptschule in Berlin and Hamburg
- Similarities to American schools
- References
thumb|right|230px|Catholic Hauptschule in Wuppertal, [[North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany]] A Hauptschule (, ) is a secondary school in Germany, starting after four years of elementary schooling (Grundschule), which offers Lower Secondary Education (Level 2) according to the International Standard Classification of Education. Any student who attends a German elementary school can go to a Hauptschule or Gesamtschule, while students who want to attend a Realschule or Gymnasium need to have good marks in order to do so. The students spend five to six years at the Hauptschule, from 5th to 9th (or 10th) grade. They finish around age 15 to 17.
==History== Hauptschulen (plural of Hauptschule) were first introduced in West Germany in 1950 and are now a part of secondary education in Germany, the other schools being the Gymnasium for the university-bound and the Realschule for the future technicians.