Overview
- The school year in Hesse ended Friday, leaving about 803,000 public-school students on a six-week break with classes due to resume on 10 August.
- State officials published this year’s exam participation figures showing roughly 30,000 Abitur or Fachabitur candidates, about 20,000 Mittlere Reife (Realschule) examinees, and around 14,000 Hauptschule final candidates.
- On the last day of term the Hessian Kultusministerium and local school offices ran hotlines so parents and pupils could get help with report cards and related pedagogical, psychological and legal questions.
- Reporting and education officials say prolonged June heat made concentrated learning difficult and highlighted fragile school infrastructure, especially rapidly overheating classroom containers known as 'Blechkisten', prompting calls for targeted heat-protection measures.
- School authorities are using the holidays for routine repairs such as roofs and toilets while advocates push for longer-term climate adaptations and funding that would change how schools are cooled, maintained and scheduled to protect students and staff.