Bafög increase 2022: This is how much money there should be for students from the winter semester

Created: 04/13/2022Updated: 04/13/2022 12:14 p.m

The number of Bafög recipients has been falling for years.

The traffic light government wants to achieve a trend reversal and is launching the first part of its planned Bafög reform.

Bafög recipients

should get

.

In addition, the circle of possible recipients is to be expanded by

.

This provides for a student loan reform that the cabinet launched on Wednesday (April 6).

The law still has to be passed by the Bundestag and Bundesrat.

Draft law: Bafög rate 2022 for students should rise soon

According to the draft by Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP), the Bafög rate for students should increase due to the increased cost of living.

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According to the draft by Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP), the

from 427 to 449 euros a month

due to the

.

The

for those who still live at home is to be raised from 56 to 59 euros.

Anyone who no longer lives with their parents should receive 360 ​​euros instead of 325 euros for the rent.

Students in a shared apartment

could thus get

.

Those who no longer have family insurance through their parents and also receive supplements for health and nursing care insurance through the Bafög could in future achieve a 

.

BAföG is intended to enable young adults to finance their studies.

Read here who is entitled to money from the state and which requirements apply.

The number of Bafög recipients is to increase and grants to be raised

The background to the amendment is the number of Bafög recipients, which has fallen continuously over the past ten years.

After a high of 979,000 (including

loans ) in 2012, the number last year was only 639,000.

According to Deutsches Studentenwerk (DSW), one of the reasons for this is that the service has not been sufficiently reformed, expanded and adapted to new realities of life over the years.

"We now want to turn the tide and finally increase the number of Bafög recipients again," said Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) to the

of the German student union.

In order to enlarge the group of recipients, 2,400 euros of the monthly parental income should remain exempt from deductions.

So far it's 2,000 euros.

And

should be able to earn 330 euros in a part -time

without affecting the 

- currently it's still 290 euros.

In addition to the increase in student loans and allowances, there are also plans to raise the childcare allowance for students with children from 150 to 160 euros - the money is intended for babysitters, for example, when courses are held in the evening.

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Funding is also to be increased for pupils and trainees

Funding is also to be increased

for

and

Pupils who live abroad can get about 629 instead of 585 euros as before.

In addition, there are plans to raise the age limit from 30 at the start of student loans to 45, so that studies can also be started later.

According to the plans of the traffic light coalition, this reform is only the first step.

In the long term, student loans are to become more "parent-independent" in that the basic child security plan planned by the SPD, Greens and FDP is paid directly to students - as the "basic basis for student financing", as Stark-Watzinger said.