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German Pupils’ Performance Plunges to New Low, Study Reveals

The academic performance of German pupils has fallen sharply, according to a report by Berlin’s Humboldt University. Of the 48,000 Year 10 pupils (15-16 year olds) tested, 34% failed to meet the minimum standards required for secondary school graduation. This marks a steep decline compared with previous studies in 2012 and 2018. The sharpest decline was recorded in the sciences—mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics. Twenty-five per cent f…

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The IQB study reveals the decline of the competences of students in the immigration country of Germany. The reaction of educational politicians is covert fatalism: parents have to take care of themselves. And those with not only "cultural capital" do so long ago.

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According to a preliminary report, the IQB education trend 2024 paints a gloomy picture of the German education system. In upper secondary education, the achievements in math, bio, chemistry and physics have again fallen sharply. Two causes are crucial for the researchers.

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The performance of Ninth graders in the important MINT subjects is getting worse. Teachers' representatives speak of an "alarm sign".

Berlin, 16 October 2025. According to the results of the IQB educational trend in 2024, almost nine percent of the Ninth graders missed the minimum mathematics standards for a secondary school degree and around 34 percent the minimum standards for intermediate maturity last year. Among young people who strive for intermediate maturity, nearly a quarter (24 percent) of the mathematics requirements, in chemistry 25 percent, in physics 16 percent f…

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berliner-sonntagsblatt.de broke the news in on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
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