Neos is making ready for joint authorities with “reform teams”.

Earlier than the start of September, so-called reform teams ought to cope with the problems that Neos has outlined as crucial. The primary group offers with the topic of schooling.

The Neos have lengthy made it no secret that they wish to be a part of the subsequent authorities. It doesn’t imply that preparatory work is occurring. As a result of, that is what the social gathering chief mentioned Beate Meinl-Reisinger Wednesday, individuals would really feel the stagnation, the “simply wish to keep in energy” of the present and former governments. “We aren’t so new anymore, we have now ready ourselves to take duty,” she mentioned.

As a part of that preparation, the Neos now wish to sort out the reforms that the turquoise-green authorities left “behind”. You accuse Meinl-Reisinger of working in accordance with the motto “handle comfortably as an alternative of design”. Earlier than the start of September, so-called reform teams are speculated to cope with the problems that Neos has outlined as crucial. The social gathering chief introduced that it shouldn’t be nearly “what”, however above all about “how”. Finally, there must be very concrete plans on easy methods to implement issues within the first 100 days of forming a authorities and past – “not simply coverage papers for -the pull of the republic,” as Meinl-Reisinger mentioned.

The primary group offers with the topic of schooling. There have been representatives from the enterprise affiliation, a center faculty director, the founding father of Train for Austria, and the Vienna Metropolis Council of Training Christoph Wiederkehrand others.

Meinl-Reisinger identified that the price range has elevated by about 30 p.c general since 2019, however schooling funding has solely elevated by 5 p.c. To this point, “nothing has progressed” underneath turquoise inexperienced within the schooling sector – “as in different areas”. The goal is to provide all youngsters “each probability”. More cash should stream into this space as a result of: “There is just one factor that’s dearer than investing in schooling, and that’s: not investing in schooling.”

Within the schooling sector there are issues which can be “at residence”. As a concrete instance, the social gathering chief cited the upcoming retirements within the educating sector – 30 p.c of lecturers in Austria will retire by 2030. “There isn’t a plan as to how we are able to actually begin an offensive to get extra lecturers into faculties.” There’s additionally a disaster by way of forms. “The federal government has executed nothing to stop the bureaucratic monster that consumes a lot time,” Meinl-Reisinger mentioned. With these actions, the lecturers at the moment don’t have time for the teachings themselves and for the scholars, she mentioned. (eho/APA)