On 11 April 2024 pupils in Lower Saxony sat the written Abitur exam in politics and economics. Someone had broken into a Gymnasium in Goslar and, according to the ministry, broken open a safe. The exam was interrupted across the state. At about 9 a.m. new tasks were uploaded to the schools, for about 8,000 candidates at about 450 schools.
The ministry gave the reason. Theoretisch hätten Schülerinnen und Schüler die Aufgaben vorab einsehen können. In theory, pupils could have seen the tasks in advance.