Zeugnis des Gymnasiums

21:51 Mar 16, 2018 

Thanks a lot. Please, enter it as an answer, because I wouldn't have come up with the term without your help.

21:50 Mar 16, 2018 

thanks for the clarification. Yes, things they are changing... now they are coming back to Leistungskurse and Grundkurse, but stick to Kursstufe.

21:37 Mar 16, 2018 

I went to school in BaWü :) That's why I was asking whether something had changed. I know the old system. The G8, not so much.

RE your added note. No, we don't have 3 or 4 terms in one year. That's what Lancashireman was asking, I think.

21:37 Mar 16, 2018 

That does the job unambiguously.

Re Tanzania
Great to see 'A Level', 'O Level' and 'forms', but I wouldn't inflict those terms (trimesters?) on an American readership.

21:33 Mar 16, 2018 

Perfect, thanks. So, would it be possible to say "Report for the 3rd semester of secondary school?

21:30 Mar 16, 2018 

We do have Kursstufe/Jahrgangsstufe 1 and 2 (formerly grade 12) and Kursstufe/Jahrgangsstufe 3 and 4 (formerly grade 13), but actually it starts as early as grade 11 (formerly) due to the G8 (8 years of secondary education) instead of 9).

And we always had 4. Formerly, it was 12/1, 12/2, 13/1 and 13/2 (Kursstufe/Oberstufe)

21:27 Mar 16, 2018 

The U.S. has it all: quarters, trimesters and semesters.

@Lancashireman
I wasn't advocating for American usage; in fact, I'd prefer BrE, considering that part of Tanzania used to be a British colony (and EN is the main language for teaching in secondary schools, I think).

However, I thought the 3rd semester of secondary school could also be "6. Klasse"?

Wouldn't it be better to use the old Form designations?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_school

At least, I was told, I think, that Year is now all the rage across the channel.

21:20 Mar 16, 2018 

3rd semester of secondary school
3rd semester at [Name] School

21:19 Mar 16, 2018 

I don't think that grammar, specialized (sic) or specialist needs to be included here, unless the context is less about age range and more about academic level.

21:14 Mar 16, 2018 

Report for the 3rd semester of Secondary School?

21:10 Mar 16, 2018 

Secondary school:
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes252031.htm

In the United States, selective seems to be "specialized":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specialized_high_schools_in_Ne...

FYI, Tanzania:
"Secondary education has two levels. Ordinary Level (O' Level) is Form 1 through Form 4. After Form 4, a certificate is issued to all passing the Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations. Selected students may progress to Advanced Level (A' Level) education - Forms 5 and 6 - or study for an ordinary diploma in a technical college. Not all schools offer A' Level classes. All students at this level are boarding students. Because of the potential problems associated with boarding both male and female students, A' Level schools restrict enrollment to one sex."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Tanzania#Levels

Further above:
"4 years of secondary ordinary level education for ages 14–17 (Form 1-4)
2 years of secondary advanced level education for ages 18–19 (Form 5 and 6)"

Maybe that helps some?

RE: Heligoland. Was there once. A lot of water. Very windy. That's when my memory fails me.

Best

21:09 Mar 16, 2018 

yes, right. No it is not a school leaving certificate (that's my problem ;-)) we have 4 terms. That's what I have called it for the time being ("term" instead of semester").

21:06 Mar 16, 2018 

The UK has a three-term year, so you probably need to retain the less well-known 'semester' (EN). Makes it sound more like a university, though.
How many terms per year in an American school?

21:02 Mar 16, 2018 

I wish we had kept Heligoland instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heligoland–Zanzibar_Treaty

20:59 Mar 16, 2018 

Unless it's a school leaving certificate, it has to be a 'report'. (This is a second year student.)

20:57 Mar 16, 2018 

Certificate of the selective secondary school?

20:56 Mar 16, 2018 

Maybe it's an islander--the British's favorite people

http://b-ys.org.uk/journal/book-reviews/zanzibar-chest-memoi...

20:54 Mar 16, 2018 

Here's a possibility: selective secondary school
Possibly even meaningful to an American reader?
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q="selective secondary schoo...

20:51 Mar 16, 2018 

Ah, former Deutsch-Ostafrika!

20:47 Mar 16, 2018 

Good point. Tansania ;-)

20:42 Mar 16, 2018 

You will never get a panel of Kudokis from both sides of the Atlantic to agree on any term relating to the education system.