At the start of the school-leaving exam season, there were two smaller subjects on the program – around 2,100 pupils graduate in Latin and around two dozen in Greek. According to the Ministry of Education, the exams started on time, and no problems were reported.
For the majority of the approximately 46,000 high school graduates at AHS, BHS and the Berufsreifeprüfung, the exams in the “supreme discipline” of mathematics will start tomorrow, Tuesday. German will follow on May 5th, English on May 6th, French on May 10th, Spanish and the minority languages on May 11th and Italian on May 12th. In between, on May 9th, those subjects will be tested in which the tasks are not specified by the Ministry of Education. A negative corona test is required on each day of the exam to take part – with the exception of those people who have had an infection in the last 60 days. A mask does not have to be worn during the Matura.
ÖH: The school system must be renewed
The Austrian Students’ Union (ÖH) has meanwhile demanded a high school diploma in a statement from Minister of Education Martin Polaschek (ÖVP), “which actually prepares for a course of study”. With first-year students and in teacher training, one notices that the school system is currently “designed purely for performance, not for personal development and deepening of one’s own interests,” complains Katharina Stern, officer for educational affairs at the ÖH. Polaschek should revise the school system and convert it into a learning and examination culture of the 21st century. In order to close any gaps in knowledge between the Matura and the start of your studies, free and barrier-free remedial courses are also needed.
Source: Nachrichten
