Pasewalk high school graduates defy Corona: certificates presented in the cultural forum!

Pasewalk high school graduates defy Corona: certificates presented in the cultural forum!

In the Uecker-Randow region, the starting signal was given on Friday for an extensive weekend of certificate handovers. After a challenging school year, the high school graduates from the Pasewalk schools were finally able to receive their well-deserved diplomas. These celebrations took place in the Cultural Forum and were all about the special conditions that the year group had to experience due to the Corona pandemic. So reported Northern Courier that there were alternating lessons in the eighth grades and teachers had to deal with challenges such as “ventilation” and video connections.

Some students struggled with these difficult conditions and had to drop out of school early. It is all the more remarkable that eleven graduates achieved a grade of 1.0 or better, including Sarah Mietzner and Christoph Jarchow, who graduated with the dream grade of 1.0. The overall average for the year was 2.33, which is a respectable result considering the circumstances.

The shadows of the pandemic

In connection with the current celebrations, attention is also drawn to the major influence of the corona pandemic on the educational biographies of the students. March 22, 2023 marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the first Corona lockdown. During this time, many educational paths were deeply affected by school closures and the switch to digital learning. According to that Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories Participants of the National Education Panel (NEPS) were asked about their experiences during the lockdowns. This gigantic educational study highlights the diverse challenges that families, schools and students had to overcome.

Reports show that students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds were often hit even harder and had greater difficulty learning in lockdown. Access to digital education depended heavily on the resources available to families. A survey confirmed that almost 40 percent of young people felt psychologically stressed since the beginning of the pandemic, which made the school situation even more difficult.

A look at the future

The challenges during the pandemic were not only noticeable in primary schools. Many students also had to struggle with closed universities, which forced their studies back to rudimentary online formats. The uncertainty about their professional future increased the young people's worries. Loud Statista There was a decline in newly concluded training contracts in almost all federal states, which was particularly noticeable in the areas of industry and trade.

The consequences of these turbulent times will have an impact on educational biographies for a long time. Nevertheless, the successful performance of the Pasewalk high school graduates shows that high achievements can also arise in the midst of adversity. Further certificate presentations will take place on Saturday at other high schools in the region, meaning that the weekend will continue to be characterized by the successes of the young people.