Muslim Life in Germany - Deutsche Islam Konferenz

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the course by taking the final examination. This will
change in the future, following the introduction of the
new obligation to sit the final examination. Here, the
additional and specific promotional measures as already
offered with the reformed structures of the integration
course must take hold to ensure that no one is
left behind. Such measures must consider the different
requirements for using the German language, i.e. colloquial
use to get by in everyday life and also the written
skills that are crucial to success at school and work.
> Integration through education: An improvement in
education standards is evident from one generation
to the next as for all groups of origin far fewer people
educated in Germany leave school without any schoolleaving
qualifications than people educated outside
Germany. However, all in all the relatively high rate of
school-leavers without school-leaving qualifications
reveals the education deficits among immigrants and
their families from predominantly Muslim countries.
Members of the second generation whose parents
achieved a high standard of education in their country
of origin do not manage to reproduce this level of education
in Germany in all groups. Here, the approaches
for promoting both school and extracurricular education
that have already been the subject of in-depth
public discussion must be implemented with rigour. A
dual strategy of promotional measures for people with
low qualifications and people with high qualifications
must be pursued. The lower standard of education and
the lower traineeship rate among Muslim women who