A school qualification can be obtained later in life.
“Completing the Abitur later” means obtaining the general university entrance qualification after one’s original school years. It does not mean repeating the same life path as a teenage pupil. Evening secondary schools are specifically designed for adult learners.
The Federal Employment Agency also identifies full-time adult colleges and other routes. A suitable option depends in part on how study, work and other commitments fit together. Among the four options in this exam question, the answer is the evening secondary school.
The other three answers
School and university have different functions on this route.
a university.
A university provides higher-education programmes. For obtaining the school-level Abitur asked about here, the evening secondary school is the appropriate answer.
a secondary school.
A Hauptschule is not the route to the Abitur for adults sought in this question.
a private university.
A private university is still a higher-education institution. “Private” does not make it an evening secondary school for completing this school qualification.
This provision is not restricted to women.
The question names a woman, but the educational route is not limited to one gender. Being an adult also does not by itself establish that all admission requirements are met. These must be checked with the relevant school.
An evening secondary school is one possible route, not the only form of the second educational pathway. Likewise, the Abitur is an entrance qualification, not a university degree already earned.
The second educational pathway · Federal Employment Agency ↗Completing the Abitur later: think of an evening secondary school.
Distinguish the institution providing the school qualification from the university for subsequent study.
Three words for this question
- nachholento complete later
- To obtain or complete something at a later time.
- das Abendgymnasiumevening secondary school
- An educational institution for adults leading to the Abitur.
- der zweite Bildungswegsecond educational pathway
- Routes for obtaining school qualifications later.