Den Pflichtschulabschluss "erwachsenengerecht" nachholen. Mehr Anschluss durch Abschluss?

The new federal law on completing compulsory education enables adults to complete their compulsory education later in life at no costs - and in a suitable, "adult-friendly" way. The present article starts out by outlining the Austrian Adult Education Initiative (Initiative Erwachsenenbildung in German), and then goes one step further: The author asked graduates whether successful participation in a course for obtaining a secondary modern school leaving certificate really increases their chances on the job market and whether they can make their training and further education wishes come true. Excerpts are cited from a master's thesis from 2013 in which 72 participants of the secondary modern school leaving certificate course at Volskshochschule Meidling were surveyed with regard to their further vocational perspectives between April 2006 and June 2011.