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Bavaria is serious: Despite the sometimes severe criticism from other federal states and from parents' associations, the Free State is pushing ahead with its recruitment of teachers from all over Germany.
Bavaria wants to pay a flat-rate relocation fee for trained teachers from other countries who decide to work in Bavaria, said Head of the State Chancellery Florian Herrmann (CSU) on Tuesday after a cabinet meeting in Munich.
In addition, the digital advisory service for potential newcomers from all over Germany will be expanded.
Herrmann pointed out that salaries in Bavaria are often better than elsewhere.
In salary group A 13, in which teachers at primary and secondary schools are to be grouped in addition to high school teachers in the future, a teacher in the initial level earns 9,400 euros per year more than in Saxony and 3,800 euros more than in Baden-Württemberg.
An allowance is intended to counter the shortage of teachers in less attractive regions of the Free State.
Herrmann announced that a one-time regional bonus of 3,000 euros would be paid if teachers decided to work in such areas.
In conurbations with high living costs, such as the state capital of Munich, state aid is also available, which is available not only to teachers but also to all civil servants and is intended to help overcome bottlenecks.
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Herrmann said that from the winter semester 2023/2024 there will no longer be any access restrictions for student teachers.
The last two universities in the cities of Bamberg and Würzburg, where numerus clausus rules still apply to teaching at primary schools, have lifted these regulations.
There is no shortage of study places in Bavaria.
There are more places available at the universities than there are currently applicants, said Herrmann.
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