There is a “major migration problem” in Germany’s education system, according to a recent report, which found that students with migration backgrounds are significantly lagging behind their native counterparts scholastically.
A study conducted by Professor Lars Feld of the Walter Eucken Institute has found that over one in three children in German schools now have a migration background, meaning they are either foreigners themselves or have at least one foreign-born parent.
Yet, according to the report, the findings of which were published by the Bild newspaper, migrant background students are vastly overrepresented among those who fail to obtain a Schulabschluss (school leaving certificate), a rough equivalent to a high school diploma in the United States.
The study found that 74 per cent of those who failed to
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