School system in Austria

Schools in Austria ;)

Education in Austria- some basic information:

Compulsory school starts in Austria at the age of five when they go to Kindergarten, but also many children at the age of 3-4 also attend Kindergarten.

At the age of 6 children attend Volksschule for 4 years and then they can choose between

·         Gymnasium                 

®     both types of schools are compareable with junior high school

·         Neue Mittelschule

Children have to stay there for 4 years also and then they can choose between:

·         another 4 years Gymnasium

·         when you went to school for 9 years you are allowed to start working

·         you can also choose BHS ( Berufsbildende Höhre Schulen). This types of schools offer a specific education. For example when you are interested in computers and machines you will choose HTL.

When you want to finish going to school you have to sit an exam called Matura. It’s like SAT and ACT.

I go to Bundesgymnasium Tanzenberg. It’s a bit different than other types of Gymnasiums because in Tanzenberg you can’t choose between different languages. You have to take Latin. The majors are Maths,German,English and I also learn Ancient Greek. Our school also offers a lot of free time activities: Band, Drama, ECDL,....

In my opinion it’s also very good that the building is in the nature and not in the city and our school also has a church.