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Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) wants to hire 6,000 new teachers within the next five years and also advertise for them in other federal states.
In addition, master craftsman training in Bavaria should be free of charge, announced the CSU boss at the closed conference of the Bavarian CSU parliamentary group in Kloster Banz.
Bavaria will elect a new state parliament on October 8th.
Söder named schools, vocational training and mobility as focal points for a possible further term of office – and made numerous campaign promises.
In addition to 6,000 new teachers, 2,000 workers were to be hired in school administration and in the psychological and pedagogical areas.
The prime minister announced that work in schools in Bavaria should be advertised “everywhere”.
Teachers are sometimes paid significantly better than in other federal states.
Those who are new to Bavaria should receive a start and relocation package.
For the teacher training course, he is planning more flexibility, a practical semester and the opportunity to do private tuition.
The Bavarian teachers' association BLLV has welcomed Söder's announcement that it wants to create around 8,000 new jobs in Bavaria's schools in the event of re-election.
"A prime minister who doesn't deny the shortage of teachers in a keynote address, but wants to solve it, first of all deserves respect," said Chairwoman Simone Fleischmann.
“It is the first step that the situation is not denied.
But now it's also about how we get these 8000 to start.«
In addition, vocational training should also be strengthened.
"Master and master must be the same," said Söder.
That's why master's training should be free of charge.
This is a "signal for the craft," said Söder.
Bavaria would be the first federal state with free master training.
When this would be possible remained open.
According to reports, 2024 is being targeted.
Costs for the state budget of around 100 million euros are to be expected.
So far, prospective masters in Bavaria have received a bonus of 2,000 euros for successful exams.
Söder also has a promise for Bavaria's students and trainees: They can hope for a particularly cheap version of the Germany ticket from the next winter semester.
Instead of 49 euros, the ticket should only cost 29 euros.
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