This is the webserver of a professional teachers'
organisation in Bavaria, Germany.
As its
contents are mainly designed to provide special
information for teachers and students in Bavaria, all
texts but this one are only available in German.
The
Bayerischer Philologenverband provides several
services for its members (i.e. provides them with
publications about schoolaffairs, special insurances for
teachers, ...) and above all represents the interests of
its members towards all relevant groups of society, in
particular towards the Kultusministerium (Bavarian
State Ministry of Edu-cation and Cultural Affairs) If you
have special questions about our organisation (and
especially if you do not understand the German texts) just
mail to
bpv@bpv.de
.
For a general survey read the following
text:
Most members
of the Bayerischer Philologenverband are teachers
at a Gymnasium. A Gymnasium is one of three
alternative tiers of the secondary sector of general
education in Bavaria, geared to the pupils' different
levels of ability.
Any
Gymnasium (comparable to the British grammar school)
is a general-education secondary school comprising
secondary levels I + II. It takes the end of the Year 4 of
Grundschule as its starting point and comprises Years 5 to
13 inclusive. It provides an academically orientated
general education that is indispensible for future
university students, but it also offers preparation for
vocational training outside the Universities. The final
examination at the end of Year 13, called Abitur,
leads to the General University Entrance Certificate (Allgemeine
Hochschulreife) .
To
become a teacher at a Gymnasium
you first
have to finish a special course at a university which
normally includes two subjects and some basic teachers'
training. The final examination is set by the state (1.
Staatsexamen). After that you have to do a two year
period of post-graduate teacher training (teachers'
education) called the Referendariat, leading to
another state exam (2. Staatsexamen). During that
stage members of the Bayerischer Philologenverband
are assisted by the Referendarvertretung (rjv@bpv.de),
which represents them within the Bayerischer
Philologenverband.
Education in Bavaria
is based on
a number of different types of school depending on the
students` skills and abilities (i.e. Gymnasium,
Realschule, Hauptschule...). Almost all of these schools
are organized as separate schools whereas in other
countries these various types are often considered as
different courses within a larger educational institution
(comprehensive schools). As the Federal Republic of
Gemany consists of 16 Länder, or Federal States
(one of them is Bavaria), and as each Land is
autonomous in educational and cultural affairs, the
educational systems differ widely within Germany.
For more
information about education in Bavaria order a free copy
of the 70-page-brochure "Education
in Bavaria - A Survey"
from the Bavarian
State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs
(db)
