The Bavarian Minister of Culture, Piazolo, is criticized for his Corona policy.
The FDP parliamentary group in the state parliament is now calling for his resignation.
The Bavarian Minister of Culture Michael Piazolo has come under massive criticism.
Several parliamentary groups in the state parliament criticized a letter in which the ministry rowed back from distance teaching before the Christmas holidays.
In the meantime, the Ministry of Culture has also spoken up - and is trying to limit the damage.
Update from December 15, 2:20 p.m.:
Markus Söder
(CSU), the Bavarian Prime Minister, has
Michael Piazolo
's back.
However, he pointed out that
alternating and distance teaching
would have to work
smoothly
in the coming year.
Even after January 10th, he assumed that due to the
corona pandemic,
alternating classes will take place.
Söder said that in a government statement on Tuesday in the state parliament.
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Michael Piazolo and Markus Söder after the digitization summit of the Bavarian state government at a press conference in July.
© Peter Kneffel / dpa
"My clear message: by January it must be clarified that there are
no misunderstandings and no problems
in
alternating and distance lessons
," emphasized
Markus Söder
.
“It is not easy to organize something in three days, but everything has to be in place by January 10th.” Regarding the excitement surrounding the
Ministry of Education
and
Piazolo
, Söder said that there had been “some misunderstandings”.
He is glad that this has now been clarified.
"
To be
minister of culture
at this time is not an easy task," Söder made clear.
Even if there are some things that could be improved, one should “simply
show
respect
”.
Because: "Schools are always a certain challenge."
Excitement about schools: Minister of Education Michael Piazolos in the criticism - FDP parliamentary group called for resignation
Update from December 15, 12:45 p.m .:
Matthias Fischbach
(FDP), spokesman for education policy for the parliamentary group, spoke exclusively to Merkur.de:
“Piazolo
is obviously continuing the usual communication chaos of the last few months.
The schools are already
painfully familiar
with the
back and forth from the
phased plan that has been repeatedly thrown out
and the constant revisions of the
general hygiene plan
in recent weeks.
Yesterday Piazolo then
practically
canceled
the
distance lessons
and said that the teacher should only send material and only be available for questions.
Today it is said again 'was not meant like that'.
In times of crisis, such a
rolling course minister is no longer acceptable
. "
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Michael Piazolo (Free Voters), Minister of Culture of Bavaria, at a press conference.
© Sven Hoppe / dpa
Update from December 15, 12.40 p.m.:
The
Ministry of Culture
is now trying to limit the damage.
"Even if from 16.12.
no more face-to-face lessons can take place, Bavaria's schools will not cease operations because of this, ”the press release said.
In terms of content, however, nothing changes.
The focus these days is on the final
classes
, for which compulsory
distance lessons
take place - including oral performance
records
that are relevant for the qualifications.
It is also stated that schools will have to offer “generous” emergency care in the coming days.
"This ties up the teachers and limits the possibilities for
compulsory distance teaching
," said the ministry.
You know what?
I have enough.
After I threw out all the content until late at night and designed things for independent repetition / practice, I'm not going to switch again.
#piazolo #distanzlernen #lehrer #bayern #chaos #schulen pic.twitter.com/DdpCll2XOh
- Kathrin Eb (@ Musician1980) December 15, 2020
Bavarian Ministry of Culture from Piazolo: Digital lessons in schools are getting excited
Update from December 15, 12 noon:
Now the
Bavarian Ministry of Culture
speaks out.
The
distance learning
is possible in the three days up to the Christmas holidays, you commented on Tuesday.
It was stated that the
decision was
made consciously
against compulsory distance learning
, "also
to take some pressure off everyone involved
in the special situation shortly before
Christmas *
".
The teachers made materials available, but it is of course still possible for schools to “also use all digital forms and structures of distance learning.” This was emphasized by the
Ministry of Culture
.
Update from December 15, 11:45 a.m.:
Minister of Culture Piazolo is massively criticized.
The
Greens *
issue an ultimatum.
Faction leader Ludwig Hartmann
expressed himself exclusively to Merkur.de with sharp words: “Free voter minister
Piazolo
is an obvious weak point in this government and has not managed to organize good schools under pandemic conditions.
The mere exchange of the minister would
not
solve the deep-rooted problems in
Bavaria's school landscape
.
For him, the Christmas holidays are neighborhood time to finally organize
digital lessons
.
If he doesn't trust himself to do that, he should better go today than tomorrow. "
Criticism of Michael Piazolo: SPD, Greens and FDP criticize writing in schools about digital lessons
Update from December 15, 11.30 a.m.:
On Monday it became known that the
Bavarian Ministry of Culture
was backtracking from the plan of distance teaching for its schools.
"
Distance teaching
does not take place in the relevant classes," it said in a letter to the parents.
The only exceptions are final classes and vocational schools.
Teachers should provide "materials to practice, deepen and review".
The background for this should be problems with the technology.
The
Mebis learning platform
, which was made available by the Ministry of Culture, collapsed several times last week.
Bavaria's schools had adjusted to online lessons before the upcoming lockdown - but that is exactly what the Minister of Education #Piazolo forbids.
# FDP education expert @MMFischbach thinks: It's enough!
(th) https://t.co/a6l3c7u109
- Martin Hagen (@realMartinHagen) December 15, 2020
The
SPD *
faction in the state parliament was also
disappointed
about this
.
In a press release, the education policy spokeswoman Dr.
Simone Strohmayr: “With this, the state government admits its own failure.
Because it cannot provide the infrastructure and the
'Mebis' learning platform, for example, is
constantly not working, it is now
turning over distance teaching
for all pupils and instead obliges them to study alone at home without any real input from teachers.
Poor students who have no help at home! "
Piazolo: FDP calls for the resignation of minister of education - SPD parliamentary group criticizes the approach to schools
Margit Wild, also spokesperson for education policy for the
SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament, added
: “With this, the state government offends those school principals and teaching staff who have already prepared very good digital lessons.
Result: parents, teaching staff and students are disappointed.
It is another
indictment of
the state government's education policy in the
Corona * crisis
. "
Teachers have thought about how they can offer their pupils a good education with digital methods in the coming days until Christmas and then the ministry sends (almost) everyone on vacation without any announcement.
Pure chaos, everyone is demotivated
- MargitWild (@MargitWild) December 15, 2020
In a letter, Jürgen Böhm, Chairman of the
Bavarian Realschule Teachers' Association
,
also spoke up
.
Instead of
relying on the school's
own responsibility on site, the
Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs
spread uncertainty without need and apparently ignored well-functioning concepts for distance teaching at secondary schools that had been developed over months. "
First report from December 15, 11.20 a.m.:
Munich - Because of its corona crisis management, the FDP in the state parliament calls for the resignation of Bavaria's Minister of Education and Culture Michael Piazolo (Free Voters).
"Teacher shortages, digitization deficits, communication chaos: Bavaria's education policy suffers from the mismanagement of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture," said Matthias Fischbach, spokesman for education policy for the parliamentary group, on Tuesday at the
German Press Agency
in Munich.
In the Corona crisis, Piazolo's weaknesses became obvious.
#Servicetweet - The #mebis learning platform is currently not available.
We are working flat out on a solution and we apologize for the trouble this morning!
The other partial offers are still available.
It's our turn at the learning platform!
pic.twitter.com/aSl97V6asx
- mebis (@mebis_bayern) December 9, 2020
FDP parliamentary group in the state parliament calls for resignation: Bavaria's minister of education, Piazolo, criticizes the handling of schools
“To cancel the distance learning, which is even anchored in the school regulations, is a declaration of surrender.
After nine months there is neither a reliable digital learning program nor a functioning interlinking of face-to-face and distance teaching, ”said Fischbach.
In the past few weeks, Piazolo's chair has already shaken vigorously due to the constantly being overridden hygiene regulations.
“This is now the drop that brings the barrel to overflow.
Piazolo must draw the conclusions from this and free his place. ”
Prime Minister Markus Söder
(CSU) could then use the Christmas holidays to reshuffle the cabinet.
"We can no longer watch the Bavarian state government push education policy further against the wall," said
Fischbach.
It is about the educational and advancement opportunities of the children.
"If you were to issue a job reference to Piazolo today, it would read:" The friendly and helpful minister was always keen to complete the tasks to the satisfaction of the Bavarian school family. "In plain language: Put, grade six." In real school life, the transfer is also at risk if you could only wipe the board with a friendly smile.
(dpa / aka)
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