Bilateral Czech–Saxon Bilingual Class at Gymnasium Friedrich Schiller in Pirna

A binational, bilingual six-year secondary education programme (grades 7–12) operated under a bilateral agreement between the Czech Ministry of Education and the Saxon State Ministry for Culture at Gymnasium Friedrich Schiller in Pirna. Each year one dual-nationality class is opened, enrolling 14 Czech and 14 German pupils. Instruction is provided by German and Czech teachers, with a gradual decrease of subjects taught in Czech and a compulsory Czech language and literature subject for Czech pupils. Study concludes with the Saxon school-leaving examination (Abitur) and a nostrification note for Czech students enabling university admission.

Free textbooks and teaching materials for Czech-taught subjects; boarding and meals in the school dormitory paid by the Czech and Saxon ministries; comprehensive pastoral and extracurricular care in the dormitory.

Czech pupils in the 6th grade of primary school (or equivalent year of multi-year gymnasium). If places become available, admissions to higher grades (7th–10th) may be possible via additional entrance exams.

Two-stage entrance examination held at the Gymnasium Friedrich Schiller in Pirna: (1) standardized cognitive tests and a personality-maturity test; (2) interview with a psychologist and an oral foreign-language exam (German or English).