Hamburg: Serious breakdown in the Abitur exam - around 3000 students affected

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Because of a serious mishap in the written biology Abitur exam in Hamburg, almost 3,000 students can now choose whether they want to have a milder assessment or want to write a new exam.

The decision had to be made by Friday, the school authorities announced on Tuesday.

Spokesman Peter Albrecht emphasized: "We very much regret that serious mistakes have been made here."

According to the information, the students were given incorrect graphics with the examination papers on Monday.

The mistake happened when converting “Word” into “PDF” files and was repeated when a correction was sent during the exam.

According to the information, 2990 of the total of around 9,900 high school graduates in Hamburg were affected.

In order to accommodate the students, the authorities said they had made it possible to extend their working hours by 30 minutes while the exam was still taking place.

Alternatively, it was offered to cancel the exam and write a new exam in around three weeks.

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The adjustment of what is actually the centrally prescribed assessment standard is now to be carried out by the individual schools themselves.

The teachers should take into account the respective exam situations.

Some schools reported considerable irritation from their students, while others reported a calm and calm examination process despite the difficult circumstances.

For the Abitur exams that have been running in Hamburg since April 23, the school authorities have made 54 sets of tasks centrally available for 27 subjects - one set of tasks in each subject at the basic level (formerly "basic course") and one at an extended level (formerly "advanced course").

In biology there were 1708 exams at an advanced level and 1,182 at a basic level.

The CDU school expert Birgit Stöver called for a comprehensive clarification of the breakdown by school senator Ties Rabe (SPD). The exams were only interrupted after more than three hours of processing time and the students were given the option of whether they want to rewrite or start over with new material.