University Opens Doors for High Performing Pupils

For the very best in school, the curriculum is slow and boring. Hence, the Technische Universität Berlin opens the doors for them. In parallel to the last years in school, pupils may attend lectures in maths, physics, chemistry and computer science. The pupils have to be recommended by their teachers, reports Christian Schwägerl in FAZ (1.9.2006). The elite school children may attend university lectures during school-free afternoons, but also instead of school classes. It's assumed that they learn the missed school curriculum easily. Officials think that a hundred pupils may do the scheme. A next step may be a special guide and mentor to the youngsters to prevent them getting lost among several ten thousands of regular students in Berlin.