Written Abitur is better than 2020

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Accordingly, the written Abi in German, mathematics and English was better this year than the year before. According to the school authorities, the number of students has increased, especially in math, compared to the 2020 Abitur class. That was the result of a quick evaluation based on around 80 percent of the test results. Accordingly, there was an improvement in the average grade in mathematics from 3.25 in 2020 to 2.74.

In the subjects of German and English, the high school graduates did not improve quite as much. In German the average grade is 2.69 - after 2.85 in the previous year. In English it improved from 2.59 to 2.48.

Test subjects had more time

Because of the corona pandemic, Hamburg's high school graduates were granted half an hour more time for the exams. In order to prepare for the exams in a more targeted manner, the topics were also described in more detail beforehand than usual.

"We have never had such good results"

"We have never had such good results," said school senator Ties Rabe (SPD) on Friday evening in the Hamburg Journal of NDR television. He did not want to talk about a corona bonus. "I believe that the students prepared a little more energetically in such a tense situation. And that the teachers gave a lot of tailwind." The framework conditions were not easy, but the preliminary results showed that it was right not to cancel the Abitur.

The Abitur certificates are to be handed over on June 18 at school graduation ceremonies.

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