Start for the Hot Phase of the Central Matura

On the first two days of the centralized final exams, the exams in Greek and Latin only affected about five percent of the graduates. On Wednesday, however, all approximately 41,400 students at General Higher Education Schools (AHS) and Vocational Higher Education Schools (BHS) were challenged. They had to write essays on topics such as equality, diversity, and sustainability.

Centralized Final Exam: Three Task Packages to Choose from in the German Exam

German is the only subject in which all candidates at AHS and vocational higher education schools (BHS) must take the final exam. It is also the only exam subject where everyone, regardless of school type, receives the same exam tasks. In total, 19,800 task booklets were ordered at AHS, and at BHS (e.g., HAK, HTL, Bafep), there were another approximately 21,600. As every year, one of three task packages had to be selected, each containing two independent tasks. The graduates had to write two texts (equally weighted in grading) within five hours. Dictionaries were allowed, but not encyclopedias. One of the three packages must always contain a literary task.

German Exam: Poems, Colorblind Casting, and Sustainability

In the literature package, two poems by Jürg Halter ("The Station") and Hans Magnus Enzensberger ("Proof of Identity") had to be interpreted. Additionally, a commentary on a text about the phenomenon of BookTok or the influence of social media on the book market was to be written.

In the second package on the topic of equal treatment, a text analysis of a "Profil" article on equality and gender roles, as well as a letter to the editor on a contribution to "Colorblind Casting" in the "Süddeutsche Zeitung," were to be written. The latter refers to the now widespread practice of allowing non-white actors to play roles that were white in literary templates or history.

The last task package on "Dealing with Resources" included writing a speech about the importance or opportunities and limits of repairing, as well as a summary of a report on sustainability in architecture.

Centralized Final Exam Continues on Thursday with Mathematics

On Thursday, mathematics, the subject with the highest failure rate, is up next, followed by English on Friday. The centralized final exam concludes with the exams in French and the minority language Slovenian (May 12), Spanish and the other two minority languages Croatian and Hungarian (May 13), as well as Italian (May 14). Any failures can then be improved with a compensatory exam on May 27 or 28.

(APA/Red)

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