Matura to Graz-Amo-Rauf: Fewer exams for high school students!

Matura to Graz-Amo-Rauf: Fewer exams for high school students!

After the tragic killing spree in Graz, in which a former student of the Dreierschützengasse Gymnasium murdered nine students and a teacher, the National Council decided to take out an important exception. Students from the upper school high school now have the opportunity to take the Matura without the oral test. This decision was made unanimously in order to accommodate the person concerned and to facilitate the exams under the given circumstances. Applications for the exemption from the oral exams must be made by the end of August. For those who still want to take part in the oral exams, the regular examination path remains open, they can be made up for before the summer vacation or in the first secondary appointment in autumn, such as [small Zeitung] (https://www.kleinezeitung.at/service/newsticker/innengolitung/19810476/muendliche-matura-in-nach- after

The killing spree occurred during the oral Matura exams, whereby the perpetrator was localized by the police for 13 minutes after the first emergency calls. When he was arrested, the police found a non -functional pipe bomb and stop plans at the perpetrator's residence. The emergency services were six minutes after the first emergency calls at the scene and could not hear any further shots. The perpetrator finally celebrated suicide in a toilet facility at 10:13 a.m. The investigation shows that there were no high school graduates among the fatalities; The killed were students between the ages of 14 and 17 and a teacher. The injured, between 15 and 26 years old, are in stable condition, with the exception of two Romanians and another person from Iran, such as SN reports.

reactions and crisis intervention

The Red Cross has activated crisis intervention teams to support those affected. In addition, special consultation hours were set up in child and adolescent psychiatry in order to offer affected young people and their parents. The responsibility for prevention, intervention and aftercare of emergencies in schools is the school management. In Germany, for example, school psychological services have already developed systematic planning for school emergencies that could also take on a role model function at schools in Austria. These measures are of great importance because they help to guarantee psychosocial emergency care at schools, as explained on [Schulpsychology.de] (https://schulpsychology.de/schulpsych/themen-im-berufsalltag/krisen intervention).

The authorities and schools are now facing the challenge of addressing the psychological consequences of this terrible act. Safety and the well -being of the students must be a top priority during this difficult time. In addition, imitators have already occurred in connection with the incident, which further increases the alert willingness of the authorities. In this context, there are currently extensive tales in school, while several hundred people are interviewed at the same time to get a complete picture of the event.