Theo Blaesse is relieved on Friday: Finally, the exam in physics has been written. Actually, she should have been behind the high school graduate from Emsdetten long ago.
Nina Bub
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In North Rhine-Westphalia, the exams of the natural science subjects were originally scheduled for Wednesday. However, due to server problems, many schools were unable to download the exams and had to postpone the exam for two days. Around 30,000 of the country's 72,000 high school graduates were affected.
This postponement was a nuisance in many respects: The students studied for this date and now had to take advantage of Friday, which was actually exam-free, as an alternative date.
"So far, everything has worked quite well"
On Friday, however, not only the railways went on strike, but also the Sugar Festival, one of the most important holidays in Islam, took place on this day. For this reason, the schools have left it up to students with Muslim faith to choose whether they want to take the exam on Friday or instead take the rewrite date in mid-May.
Theo Blaesse, who is also involved in the NRW State Student Council, says: "So far, everything has worked quite well." However, for reasons of quality assurance, the tasks planned for Wednesday were not set. "Other than that, things went as expected. Many would have preferred to write on Wednesday." Many of his Muslim classmates had simply taken notes, but some would also keep the rewriting appointment.
The Minister of Education of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dorothee Feller (CDU), has now admitted communication errors during the serious technical breakdown at the beginning of the Abitur. Feller pointed out that they had no choice but "to always put them off". The balancing process of postponing the exams was not made easy, said Feller.