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Acta Polytechnica Hungarica Vol. 5, No. 4,2008

One can see the number of grades is region specific and if s on the teacher to decide how long time he/she takes to teach basie knowledge of informationtechnology integrated in natural science in some regions.

2.2 Computer Science in High School

In Germany Computer science is taught in some fonn in all regions. Difference show up in being obligatoiy or not. Int he best part of regions there is a chance to learn it in higher level which means 4-5 hours per week while in basie level it is just 2-3 hours per week. This chance is at hand in the ll-13^lh grades. Some regions make studying CS obligatoiy for those who want absolve a finał exam in 10¹¹' grade. Finał exam frorn Computer science can be taken in all regions but in Baden-Wurtteinberg and Saxony-Anhalt the exam is just verbal.

In Hungary CS is just selectable in the 11-12 grades. On basie level it is taught in 2 hour per week, on a higher level in 3 hour per week (Table 2). A finał exam can be taken as in Germany [2].

Table 2

Computer science in high school

Grade	10	11 | 12	13
Baden-Wurttemberg	2 hours	2 hours
Bavaria	2 hours	3 hours
Berlin	OS. 3 h.	Basic. 3 h. / higher. 5 h.
Brandenburg	OS. 2-3 h.	Basic, 3 h. / higher, 5 h.
Bremen	OS. 3h	Basic. 3 h. / higher. 5 h.
Hamburg	OS, 2 h.	Basic, 3 h. / higher. 5 h.
Hessen	Basic. 3 h.	Basic, 3 h. / higher. 5 h.
Mecklenburg Western Pomenaria	2 h.	Obi. 2 h. / higher 4 h
Lower Saxony		3 hours
Nord RhineWestphalen		Basic. 3 h. | Bas.. 3 h./ higher. 5 h.
Rhineland-Palatinate		Bacis. 3 hours / higher. 5 hours
Saarland	2 h.	Basic, 3 h. / higher, 5 h.
Saxony	2 hours
Saxony-Anhalt	OS, 2 hours
Schleswig-Holstein		2-3 hours 1 Bacis. 2-3 hours
Thuringen	2 h.	Basic. 3 h. / higher. 6 h.
Hungaiy	2 h.	Basic, 2 h. / higher, 3 h.

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