Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium

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DFG-LFA
Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium
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DFG / LFA Buc in Buc, Yvelines, France
Location
France Germany
District information
TypeInternational secondary schools
Established1961 (first school),[1] 1972 (school form recognised legally)[2]
DFG / LFA Freiburg

There are four German-French secondary schools known as Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium (DFG) or Lycée Franco-Allemand (LFA). 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 in Paris between France and West Germany formalised the DFG/LFA as unified school form and introduced the French-German Baccalaureate.[1][2] The DFG/LFA schools are also governed by the French-German Schwerin Agreement of 2002.[3][4] Teachers are paid by the French and German state, and tuition is free of charge.[5][6]

The following DFG / LFA operate in France:

  • DFG / LFA Buc (founded in 1975)
  •  [fr] (2021). The school authority (académie) of Strasbourg (France) announced the opening of a fifth Lycée Franco-Allemand for the 2021/22 school year.[7][8] [9]

In Germany:

French-German Baccalaureate[]

DFG/LFA schools lead to the 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.[10] The Baccalaureate is recognised by Germany as equivalent to the Abitur, and by France as equivalent to the Baccalauréat, and currently governed by an agreement signed by the two countries in Schwerin in 2002. Students start school in separate French- and German-speaking branches with increasing French-German co-tuition until year 9 (9. Klasse / troisième). For years 10 to 12 (Oberstufe / second cycle[11]), students are divided into subject- rather than language-specific branches. They choose between L, ES and S branches, in a similar way to students of the French Baccalauréat. Years 10 to 12 are taught in French and German in equal shares.[12][3][4]

DFG/LFA schools use a grade scale from 1 (worst) to 10 (best), which is different from both the German and French grade scales. Furthermore, the final grade of the French-German Baccalaureate is based on a weighing different from both Abitur and Baccalauréat. The final Abitur grade is based on grades from the entire upper secondary level, while the Baccalauréat grade depends solely on final exam performance. The French-German Baccalaureate makes a compromise. Preliminary grades from the upper secondary level count for 25 percent of the final grade, and final exam performance make up 75 percent.[6]

The French-German Baccalaureate is sometimes[9] confused with the AbiBac, a programme offered at regular French and German schools. AbiBac consists of regular Abitur and up to eight hours weekly teaching in French, or regular Baccalauréat with up to eight hours in German.[13][14]

French-German Brevet[]

Regular French schools require their students to sit the Brevet diploma in troisième (year 9). The same applies to DFG/LFA students in the French branch. They take a French-German version of the brevet.[15]

See also[]

  • European School, a type of school financed by the European Union
  • French bi-national high school programmes

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Schulgeschichte". Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium Saarbrücken (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bundesgesetzblatt". www.bgbl.de. Retrieved 2021-06-16.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "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)". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "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". Bundesgesetzblatt. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  5. ^ "Un peu d'histoire" (Archive)/"Schulgeschichte" (Archive). DFG / LFA Buc. Retrieved on 28 April 2015.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ganztagsschulen: DFG Saarbrücken: Respekt vor dem Anderen als Normalität". www.ganztagsschulen.org. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  7. ^ "Lycée franco-allemand de Strasbourg". www.ac-strasbourg.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  8. ^ "Nouveau lycée franco-allemand de Strasbourg : "notre bac sera un peu plus reconnu"". France 3 Grand Est (in French). Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Maillasson, Hélène (2021-01-27). "Abi-bac bald im Elsass möglich: Straßburg bekommt deutsch-französisches Gymnasium". Saarbrücker Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  10. ^ Dervin, Fred (2013). Linguistics for intercultural education. Anthony J. Liddicoat. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. pp. 175–196. ISBN 978-90-272-7235-5. OCLC 836403381.
  11. ^ "Structure scolaire". DFG/LFA Freiburg.
  12. ^ "Projet de loi Baccalauréat et lycées franco-allemands". www.senat.fr. Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  13. ^ "Deutsch-französische Abiturabschlüsse". Deutsch-Französische Hochschule (in German).
  14. ^ dfg. "Was ist der Unterschied zu AbiBac-Schulen? – Deutsch-Französisches Gymnasium" (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-10.
  15. ^ "Diplôme national du brevet". Ministère de l'Education Nationale de la Jeunesse et des Sports (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-10.

External links[]

  • Governing French-German agreements
    • Paris 1972: Abkommen zwischen der Regierung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Regierung der Französischen Republik über die Errichtung deutsch-französischer Gymnasien und die Schaffung des deutsch-französischen Abiturs sowie die Bedingungen für die Zuerkennung des Abiturzeugnisses (at German Bundesgesetzblatt)
    • Hamburg 1977: Vereinbarung über die Rechtsstellung der deutsch-französischen Gymnasien (at German Bundesgesetzblatt)
    • Schwerin 2002 (at French Legifrance) (at German Bundesgesetzblatt)
  • Conversion table: French-German Baccalaureate marks (pass from 6-10) to German KMK Abitur points (pass from 300 to 900) (at KMK)
  • Conversion table: French-German marks (1-10) to French marks (0-20) (at DFG/LFA Buc)
  • Media related to French-German high schools at Wikimedia Commons

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