Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Explained

DFG / LFA
Native Name:
Image Alt:Locations of the DFG/LFAs on a map of France and Germany
Country: France,
Type:International secondary schools
Grades:French branch 612, German branch 512
Established:First school: 1961 ; school form legally formalised: 1972
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Schools:5

There are five French-German secondary schools known in German as and in French as . Mixing students, teachers and teaching methods of both countries,[1] DFG/LFAs are highly selective schools of excellence.[2] [3] Their teachers are paid by the French and German states, and tuition is free of charge.[4] [5]

In the spirit of post-war friendship and two years before the signing of the conciliatory Éysée Treaty between West Germany and France, the first DFG/LFA was established in Saarbrücken in 1961 as a cooperation between a French and a German school. In 1972, an agreement signed between the two states formalised the DFG/LFA as a unified school form and introduced the French-German Baccalaureate.[6] [7] This agreement was last complemented by the French-German Schwerin Agreement of 2002.

The following DFG/LFAs are in operation, two in France:

and three in Germany:

Nomenclature

In German, the DFG/LFA school form is called, like the German secondary school type (years 5 to 12). In French, it is named, after the French school form (years 10 to 12), although the schools also include (years 6 to 9; see education in France).

In English, one academic study called the school form "French-German School", and its final examinations "French-German Baccalaureate". Other publications in English called the school form "Franco-German high school"[8] [9] or "French-German high school".[10]

French-German Baccalaureate

Students at DFG/LFA schools complete their education with the bilingual French-German Baccalaureate (deutsch-französisches Abitur / baccalauréat franco-allemand). The first French-German Baccalaureate exam was sat by students of the DFG Saarbrücken in 1972.[11] The Baccalaureate is recognised by Germany as equivalent to the, and by France as equivalent to the, and currently governed by an agreement signed by the two countries in Schwerin in 2002.

Students enter school in separate branches. The French-speaking branch takes seven years and starts with year 6, whereas the German branch commences in year 5 already because German primary school finishes earlier. German speakers complete the French-German Baccalaureate after eight grades, making it an eight-year (some regular German schools take nine years instead). French-German co-tuition starts in year 6 and increases until year 9 (9. Klasse / troisième).

Years 10 to 12 are taught in equal shares of French and German. For these final years (Oberstufe / second cycle[12]), students are divided into subject-specific branches. They choose between three branches: L (literary sciences), ES (economics and social sciences) and S (maths and natural sciences). The S branch is split into SMP, maths and physics, and SBC, biology and chemistry.[13] [14] [15] This corresponds to the branch system of the French prior to the Bac 2021 reform.[16] [17] From the first French-German Baccalaureate in 1972 until 2002, there were only L, SBC and SMP branches. The Schwerin Agreement introduced the ES branch in the 2001-2002 academic year.[18]

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German branch
12

French-German Baccalaureate

11
10

Student chooses L, ES, SBC or SMP branch

9

French-German

8
7
6

Enrolment

5

Enrolment

DFG/LFA schools use a grade scale from 1 (worst) to 10 (best), which is different from both the German (6 to 1 and 0 to 15) and French scales (0 to 20, respectively). Furthermore, the final grade of the French-German Baccalaureate is based on a weighting different from both and . The final grade is based on grades from years 10 to 12, while the grade depends solely on final exam performance. The French-German Baccalaureate makes a compromise. Preliminary grades from years 10 to 12 count for 25 per cent of the final grade, and final exam performance makes up the remaining 75 per cent.

The French-German Baccalaureate is different from and sometimes[19] confused with the AbiBac, a programme offered at regular French and German schools. The AbiBac programme is bilingual to a lesser extent than the French-German Baccalaureate. It consists of regular and up to eight periods weekly teaching in French, or regular with up to eight periods in German.[20] [21]

Other diplomas offered at DFG/LFAs

The DFG/LFA Buc also offers the British track of the Baccalauréat Français International (BFI, formerly called OIB), in its Section Internationale Anglophone.[22] [23]

Phase-out of former diplomas

The DFG/LFA Hamburg was an AbiBac school until 2020, and students admitted until the 2019/20 academic year still sit the AbiBac. The school admitted its first students on the French-German Baccalaureate track in 2020/21, and the first students will graduate with the French-German Baccalaureate in 2028.[24] [25]

In Strasbourg, the DFG/LFA was previously the German-speaking Section Internationale of the Lycée Vauban, leading to a French Baccalauréat with OIB German. Thus, students who entered prior to the 2020-21 academic year will still graduate with this diploma. They can also switch to the Lycée International des Pontonniers in Strasbourg and do the AbiBac instead.[26] The first Strasbourg students will graduate with the French-German Baccalaureate in 2029.

French-German

Regular French schools require their students to sit the Brevet diploma in (year 9) in order to finish . The same applies to DFG/LFA students in the French branch. They take a French-German version of the .[27]

Future

As of 2022, the French and German governments are working on an update to the 2002 Schwerin agreement governing the DFG/LFAs. Metz, the capital of the French Moselle border region, is a candidate for a sixth French-German School.[28]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-01-18 . Deutsch-französische Freundschaft an Schulen . 2024-01-21 . deutschland.de . de.
  2. Web site: Onisep . 20 June 2022 . Les lycées franco-allemands accueillent des collégiens . Ministry of National Education (France).
  3. Web site: n-tv . Auslaufmodell mausert sich zur Eliteschule . 2022-12-31 . n-tv.de . de.
  4. "Un peu d'histoire" (Archive)/"Schulgeschichte" (Archive). DFG / LFA Buc. Retrieved on 28 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Ganztagsschulen: DFG Saarbrücken: Respekt vor dem Anderen als Normalität. 2021-05-15. www.ganztagsschulen.org.
  6. Web site: Schulgeschichte . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160801055105/http://dfg-lfa.org:80/unsere-schule/schulgeschichte/ . 2016-08-01 . 2021-06-16 . Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken . de.
  7. Web site: Bundesgesetzblatt . 2021-06-16 . www.bgbl.de.
  8. Web site: 2020-02-05. The Franco-German high school in Buc (78) is getting a new look!. 2021-10-17. Eiffage.com.
  9. Web site: Can you miss out on Franco-German cooperation if you want to train in Freiburg? – Michael Mack . 2024-05-03 . en-GB.
  10. Web site: Partnerschulnetz. live. 2021-10-17. www.partnerschulnetz.de. https://web.archive.org/web/20211017015501/https://www.partnerschulnetz.de/en/school-search/?tx_padschulpartnerboerse_pi3%5Bsingle%5D=1287&cHash=fe0cfb66b912d5a6a532b77a1fa41634 . 2021-10-17 .
  11. Book: Dervin, Fred. Linguistics for intercultural education.. 2013. John Benjamins Publishing Company. Anthony J. Liddicoat. 978-90-272-7235-5. Amsterdam/Philadelphia. 175–196. 836403381.
  12. Web site: Structure scolaire. live. DFG/LFA Freiburg. https://web.archive.org/web/20151201182813/http://www.dfglfa.net:80/dfg/fr/notre-ecole/structure-scolaire . 2015-12-01 .
  13. Web site: Décret n° 2006-713 du 19 juin 2006 portant publication de la convention entre le Gouvernement de la République française et le Gouvernement de la République fédérale d'Allemagne relative aux lycées franco-allemands et au baccalauréat franco-allemand, signée à Schwerin le 30 juillet 2002 (1). live. 2021-06-10. www.legifrance.gouv.fr. https://web.archive.org/web/20210610074212/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/article_jo/JORFARTI000002243179 . 2021-06-10 .
  14. Web site: Gesetz zu dem Abkommen vom 30. Juli 2002 zwischen der Regierung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Regierung der Französischen Republik über die deutsch-französischen Gymnasien und das deutsch-französische Abitur. live. 2021-06-10. Bundesgesetzblatt. https://web.archive.org/web/20210610074212/https://www.bgbl.de/xaver/bgbl/start.xav?start=//*%5B@attr_id='bgbl203s1746.pdf'%5D . 2021-06-10 .
  15. Web site: Projet de loi Baccalauréat et lycées franco-allemands. 2021-06-10. www.senat.fr.
  16. Web site: AEFE Choisir son bac . 2023-02-06 . www.aefe.fr.
  17. Web site: Les équivalences entre les BAC S, BAC ES, BAC L et les spécialités . 2023-02-06 . fr-FR.
  18. Web site: Projet de loi Baccalauréat et lycées franco-allemands . 2023-02-06 . www.senat.fr.
  19. Web site: Maillasson . Hélène . 2021-01-27 . Abi-bac bald im Elsass möglich: Straßburg bekommt deutsch-französisches Gymnasium . 2021-06-10 . Saarbrücker Zeitung . de.
  20. Web site: Deutsch-französische Abiturabschlüsse . Deutsch-Französische Hochschule . de.
  21. Web site: dfg . Was ist der Unterschied zu AbiBac-Schulen? – Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium . 2021-06-10 . de-DE.
  22. Web site: Section Internationale Anglophone (SIA) -Lycée Franco-Allemand . 2022-12-30 . www.lfa-buc.fr.
  23. Web site: High School – PSAB Parents de la Section Anglophone de Buc . 2022-12-30 . en-GB.
  24. Web site: FAQ – Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium . 2022-12-30 . dfg-lfa.hamburg.de.
  25. Web site: DFG Hamburg . DFG INFORMATIONEN ZUM ERLANGEN DER ALLGEMEINEN HOCHSCHULREIFE IM ABIBAC .
  26. Web site: SI Allemande – Collège international et lycée franco-allemand Vauban Strasbourg . 2022-12-30 . www.college-vauban-strasbourg.fr.
  27. Web site: Diplôme national du brevet. 2021-06-10. Ministère de l'Education Nationale de la Jeunesse et des Sports. fr.
  28. Web site: 2022-09-22 . Création d'un lycée franco-allemand à Metz . 2023-11-25 . Sénat . fr-FR.

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