Leistungen A-Z

Online form possible and required (does not yet exist);

Written form requirement due to reference to the fulfillment of the statutory compulsory schooling;

personal appearance not required

Level of trust high wg. Reference to individual data protection (religious affiliation)

In the state of Brandenburg, the subject "Ethics - Life Design – Religious Studies" (L-E-R) is a compulsory (also said: ordinary or compulsory) teaching subject. This is different in all other federal states.

Students are deregistered from L-E-R lessons if they attend the religious instruction of the Protestant regional church or a Catholic diocese or the lessons "Humanistic Life Studies" of the Humanist Association.

It must be proven that the student attends these lessons.

The application is submitted at the end of the school year for the following school year. Religious guardians (from the age of 14) submit the application on their own responsibility.

Proof of participation in religious education or humanistic life studies;

Age limit: Pupils submit the application from the age of 14 (so-called religious maturity) without reservation of consent of the persons entitled to custody

Proof of participation

- at the Protestant religious education of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg, Silesian Upper Lusatia (EKBO) or

- at the Catholic religious instruction of the Archdiocese of Berlin, the Diocese of Magdeburg or the Diocese of Görlitz or

- at the lessons "Humanistic Life Studies" of the Humanist Association.

Proof of participation in religious education or humanistic life studies;

Age limit: Pupils submit the application from the age of 14 (so-called religious maturity) without reservation of consent of the persons entitled to custody

at the end of the school year (for the following school year)

The school attended.

• Http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_7.html
• Http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_141.html
• Https://www.bundesverfassungsgericht.de/SharedDocs/Entscheidungen/DE/2002/10/fs20021031_1bvf000196.html
• Https://bravors.brandenburg.de/gesetze/bbgschulg
• Https://bravors.brandenburg.de/gesetze/bbgschulg#11
• Https://bravors.brandenburg.de/verwaltungsvorschriften/vvsek1v#5
• Https://bravors.brandenburg.de/verwaltungsvorschriften/vrel

Applies only in the state of Brandendburg.

• Https://bildungsserver.berlin-brandenburg.de/rlp-online/c-faecher/l-e-r/kompetenzentwicklung

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

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