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Children in the classroom: In many places there is a shortage of teachers (symbol image)
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In view of the shortage of staff in schools in Germany, there is great hope for young teachers.
Recently there has been a positive trend in the number of teachers who have completed their training, but in the long term the number of newly trained teachers has been declining, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office on the occasion of World Teachers' Day on October 5th.
According to this, around 28,900 student teachers passed their final master’s or first state examinations last year.
That was 3.8 percent more trainee teachers than in the first Corona year of 2020. At that time there were 27,900.
Due to the pandemic, many exams had been postponed to the following semester.
In a ten-year comparison, however, the number of graduate teachers with a master's degree or the 1st state examination has decreased significantly: by 13.8 percent.
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At the beginning of the school year, several teachers' associations had warned of an immense staff shortage in the teachers' rooms.
According to estimates by the German Teachers' Association, several tens of thousands of teachers were missing after the summer holidays in all federal states.
The provision of lessons has deteriorated in all federal states, said association president Heinz-Peter Meidinger.
"Nationwide, we assume a real gap of at least 30,000, maybe even up to 40,000 vacancies," he said.
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