The State of Education: Teacher Shortage, Dilapidated Buildings, and Learning Delays

The shortage of teachers is seen everywhere as a particularly big school problem. Between 74 (Bavaria) and 82% (Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia) of those surveyed see it this way. Between 47 (Bavaria) and 66% (North Rhine-Westphalia) complain about inadequately renovated school buildings. Between 58 (Bavaria) and 66% (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland) consider learning delays due to Corona to be a serious problem.

When it comes to grading, the other four regions, into which the Ifo Institute has combined several countries, are just below the German average with 27% for grades 1 and 2. This number is 26% each in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Berlin and Brandenburg in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland and 24% each in Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony and Bremen and in Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. The values ​​for the worst grades 4, 5 or 6 in these regions are also close to the German average of 24%.

In all regions, over 80% are in favor of uniform final examinations for the various school-leaving qualifications across Germany. In most regions, an absolute majority of 54-61% also supports changing the Basic Law so that educational policy decisions are generally made by the federal government instead of the federal states. Only in Bavaria (44% for, 42 against) and Baden-Württemberg (46% for, 36 against) is opinion more divided. For the vast majority (78%) of respondents, education policy is important for their personal voting decisions in state elections, especially in the eastern regions.

2023-09-19 08:36:17
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