The School System
The School System
Germany has a four level educational system. Following nursery school education starts with the primary school.
The classic form of education runs from the primary school through the secondary and upper secondary levels to tertiary education, which includes specialist and university education.
These are connected to the quaternary level, which mainly consists of further education such as adult educational colleges.
Due to the cultural and educational autonomy in Germany the competence for schools and universities lies with the federal states.
Trusteeship
Pupils living in Saxony-Anhalt are able to be educated in publicly run schools and schools run under independent trusteeship. The trusteeships of publicly run schools in the sense of the education act are the rural districts, the communities or the federal state.
Schools run under independent trusteeship are schools where the trustee is either a natural person or corporate body of private rights or religion or community of philosophy of life. All are subject to the state administration of schools.
Pupils in Saxony-Anhalt are educated at the individual types of schools for general education and also vocational schools.
The Educational System in Halle
The educational system in Halle is structured according to school sectors and types as follows:
The Primary Sector Includes:
The primary school from the 1st to 4th years.
The Secondary Sector Includes:
- The 5th to 10th years at schools for general education (Secondary schools such as the lower secondary school, intermediate school, comprehensive school and special schools).
- The 5th to 9th years at grammar school
- The evening intermediate school
The Upper Secondary Sector Includes:
- The 10th to 12th years at grammar school and the grammar school section of the comprehensive school
- The vocational schools
- The evening grammar school
- Colleges
Alternative Courses of Education are:
- The evening intermediate school
- The evening grammar school
- College
Further Offers of Education in the Town of Halle are:
- Special Schools
- Schools of independent providers. (Primary, secondary and grammar schools)
- Schools under trusteeship of the federal state (Grammar schools, state educational centres for the disabled)
- Adult education centres
- Private education providers for vocational and further education
Further Information:
- School development plans (PDF | 507 KB)