Germany is a federal state in which the individual Länder have considerable autonomy, particularly with regard to education. Users need to be conscious of the fact that the following description aims to give a general outline of policy across Germany, but there are likely to be significant regional and institutional differences
The term 'student' is used for registered pupils or students throughout all educational phases.
USERS SHOULD NOTE THAT THE TERMS USED TO DESCRIBE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND PROVISION IN THE COUNTRY CONCERNED ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY.
Specific information on educational provision across some of the individual German Länder can be accessed via the following websites:
Baden-Wuerttemberg Education Department (German) http://www.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/lernen/86216.html
Bavaria State Ministry of Education, Cultural Affairs, Science and the Arts (German) http://www.stmukwk.bayern.de/
Brandenburg State Ministry for Science, Research and Education (German) http://www.mbjs.brandenburg.de/sixcms/list.php?page=mbjs
Bremen und Bremerhaven Education (German) http://www.bildung.bremen.de/
Hessen State Ministry for Education and the Arts (German) http://www.kultusministerium.hessen.de/
Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) Ministry of Education and the Arts http://www.mk.niedersachsen.de/master/C580_L20_D0.html
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Ministry of Education (German) http://www.kultus-mv.de/
North Rhine Westfalia State Ministry of Education, Science and Research (German) http://www.mswf.nrw.de/
Rhineland-Palatinate State Ministry for Education, Women and Youth (German) http://www.mbfj.rlp.de/
Saarland State Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (German) http://www.bildung.saarland.de/
Saxony Education (German) http://www.sachsen.de/de/bw/index.html
Saxony-Anhalt State Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (German) http://www.mk.sachsen-anhalt.de
Schlweswig-Holstein State Ministry for Education and Women (German)
Thueringen Education (German) http://www.thueringen.de/de/tkm/content.asp
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