Education in Germany is primarily the responsibility of individual German states, with the federal government only playing a minor role.
Sign of different coexisting school types on a school complex in Germany
Classroom furniture from 1900 (left) to 1985 (right)
Pupils of the Gymnasium Nonnenwerth, an all-girls Catholic school in 1960
A forest kindergarten in Düsseldorf
Abitur, often shortened colloquially to Abi, is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen years of schooling. In German, the term Abitur has roots in the archaic word Abiturium, which in turn was derived from the Latin abiturus.
This German graduate (Abiturient) wrote on his car: "Class of 2008: Not knowing anything, but knowing where it is written. Abipedia" (a portmanteau word compiled from Abitur and Wikipedia)