For more and more children and young people in Schleswig-Holstein, the school lockdown ends in the corona pandemic. But the state student council points to numerous problems.
In most regions of Schleswig-Holstein, grades 1 to 6 are already in face-to-face classes again, and sometimes there are still alternating classes for them. As of Monday (March 15th), alternating lessons at most schools in the country should also start from grade 7. According to the state government, the current corona numbers allow this. But often there is still no information on how these lessons should be organized, criticizes Rebecca Rothermel from the State Student Council (LSV).
Rothermel himself attends the tenth grade of the Immanuel – Kant school in Neumünster. There is great uncertainty: “I would like the alternate lessons to include one week of face-to-face and one week of distance lessons. I think that’s best for everyone, because then you teach face-to-face in all subjects at least once became – and not just in a few subjects. “
The teachers, in turn, went under before work, says Jens Finger from the Philologists’ Association. Switching lessons mean even more effort. You actually need twice the number of teachers, according to the association.
Education Minister Prien has announced further easing. In some circles the development is still being observed. more
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Poll: Bad preparation for exams
There is also dissatisfaction in the final classes of grammar schools and comprehensive schools. There it also says that the work stress is extremely high. This is also confirmed by a survey by the state student representatives of the Schleswig-Holstein community schools, in which around 3,000 high school students took part. 77 percent of the students find that the missed learning content from the previous school year has not been made up sufficiently 71 percent feel they are “not” or “rather not” prepared for the final exams. The representation also criticizes the fact that the Ministry of Education announced an intensive preparation for exams in good time, but that it was initially not implemented in the schools.
Elementary schools teach more than just core subjects
The ministry had also given the requirement to concentrate on the core subjects in elementary schools – math and German. However, in an interview with NDR Schleswig-Holstein, the chairman of the state parents’ council for elementary schools and special needs schools, Volker Nötzold, said that every school does it differently. According to him, music, English, general science and even sports are being taught again in some schools – outdoors, with a mask and in jeans.
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According to Nötzold, many students also mentally work through the social lockdown. Overall, the parent’s representative believes that the young children have deficits due to the Corona year, which can only be slowly made up again.
Teachers’ union GEW sees a great need for tutoring
The Education and Science Union (GEW) – like Education Minister Karin Prien (CDU) – assumes that children and young people will need a lot of tutoring in the near future. The GEW state chairwoman Astrid Henke said, however, that the teachers currently have no additional resources. A compact tutoring concept had to be drawn up, according to the demand: “For this the schools will need additional teachers, but school social work will also be an important component in order to provide support.”
In addition, it will be necessary to win over additional students and senior teachers for afternoon support, said Henke. She also suggests giving vouchers to children who need tutoring. The state or federal government would have to assume the costs, according to Henke.
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