{"id":73552,"date":"2021-05-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=73552"},"modified":"2021-05-20T10:56:43","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T08:56:43","slug":"computer-science-education-in-germany-equals-patchwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/computer-science-education-in-germany-equals-patchwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer science education in Germany resembles a patchwork quilt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the Informatics Monitor, the Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Informatik has published a comparative overview of the design of informatics education in Germany, reflecting the state of informatics education as of August 2020. Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are the front-runners in terms of computer science instruction at the lower secondary level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saxony was the first German state to introduce a compulsory subject of computer science in 1992 and has extended this to all types of schools in grades 7-10 since 2017. Since 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has been the only federal state to offer mandatory computer science instruction for all students throughout grades five to ten. <\/p><div id=\"great-3189819117\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In only three federal states is computer science instruction mandatory in the introductory phase of upper secondary school: Bavaria (two hours per week), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony (one hour per week each). In 13 states, computer science is offered as an elective course.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Informatics Monitor, the Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Informatik e. V. 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