School at Berlin, Germany

Organisation of school is different in different areas of Germany.
At Berlin Primary-School starts at the age of five and a half years and children finish Primaryschool at the age of 11/12 years. This year there are a lot of new organisations at Berlin.
After Primary-School the children go to "Gymnasium" or to "Sekundarschule" or to "Gemeinschaftsschule" till the age of 14/15 years. Then they make some examinations to get "Mittlerer Schulabschluss (MSA)".

If they are good at school they continue till the age of 18/19 years to get the "Abitur", and then they are able to visit different Universities to get "Bachelor" and later "Master".

But they can also go to other schools for learning a trade and if they learn very good they can make other examinations to get the possibility to visit different Universities.