Despite the ministry’s promise that the core subjects would be covered, there are still concerns there, according to the State Parents’ Council. “Knowledge deficits from the pandemic period have not yet been made up for.” Solutions and more investment in education are needed, the council said in the statement. The political focus must finally be placed on education.
The Education and Science Union (GEW) also sees the situation as worsening. The need will continue to rise “and we cannot get teachers on the market,” said GEW regional chairman Günther Fuchs. The proportion of people entering the profession from other fields has increased. The regions are drifting further apart in terms of development. He also pointed to an impending wave of teachers retiring.
Green parliamentary group leader Petra Budke criticized the failure of the previous red-red government to train enough teachers. In addition, the dropout rate among teacher training students is high. In order to relieve the burden on teachers and promote social learning, more multi-professional teams and more school social workers should be brought to schools. CDU education politician Gordon Hoffmann explained that the problem of a lack of teachers is still great – especially in regions further away from Berlin.
According to Education Minister Steffen Freiberg (SPD), there are more teachers working in Brandenburg this school year than in a long time. Around 3,110 teachers have been hired, almost 1,700 of them are lateral entrants. According to the ministry, around 322,000 children and young people started the new school year on Monday. Among them are 25,000 new schoolchildren.
