Matura: Fewer A's and F's Due to Inclusion of Annual Grade

Anyone who is allowed to take the written matriculation examination has a very high probability of having their diploma in their pocket. According to the preliminary figures for the class of 2025 published by the Ministry of Education, after the inclusion of the annual grade or, if necessary, a compensatory examination, at least around 98 percent of those who took the exam were positive, depending on the subject. However, the inclusion of the annual grade not only led to fewer fives but also to fewer ones.

High Success Rates in Matriculation

In German, the success rate at the AHS was 99.3 percent, just as high as the previous year, in English (98.9) and Mathematics (97.9) it was slightly lower. At the Vocational Higher Schools (BHS), the results in Applied Mathematics were better than the previous year (97.7 compared to 97.1), in German there were slightly more positive grades (99.2), in English slightly fewer (98.8).

The inclusion of the annual grade, which was introduced with the Corona pandemic in 2020 and has been maintained since then, significantly reduces the number of "Insufficient" grades. While at the AHS in German, 7.0 percent failed the written central matriculation exam, after the inclusion of the annual grade, only 4.0 percent had a five. After the compensatory examinations, 0.7 percent remained. At the BHS, the proportion of "Insufficient" in German fell from 8.4 percent after the inclusion of the annual grade to 4.5 and after the compensatory examinations to 0.8.

Focus on Ones

That the inclusion of the annual grade can also lead to a worse matriculation grade is shown by a look at the students with "Very Good". In 2025, at the AHS, 26.0 percent were in English, 21.8 in German, and 18.0 percent in Math; at the BHS, it was 24.2 percent in English, 15.7 in German, and 14.2 percent in Applied Mathematics. According to the data, the proportion of "Very Good" in the written matriculation exams was slightly higher, specifically at the AHS depending on the subject by up to 1.2 and at the BHS by up to 1.5 percentage points.

Education Minister Christoph Wiederkehr (NEOS) congratulated the graduates on passing the matriculation exam in a statement. This is "a milestone in a person's educational career," which one fondly remembers later in life.

(APA/Red)

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