He should unify the Abitur in Germany and compensate for differences in education. But now plans the planned National Education Council in the countries of support. "I think the National Education Council for a completely redundant body that can be logically waived," said the Baden-Württemberg Minister of Education Susanne Eisenmann (CDU) on Sunday in Stuttgart. She joined Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder, who a few hours earlier had declared his country's exit from the project.
"We do not need any guidelines from Berlin, but we countries are strong enough to develop self-binding and uniform standards," Eisenmann continued. Therefore, she is committed to "a state treaty for good education".
The structure of the National Education Council had been agreed by the Union and the SPD in the coalition agreement. The advisory body should consist of experts and representatives of the federal and state governments.
"The Bavarian Abitur remains Bavarian"
Even before Söder and Eisenmann had criticized the Education Council - and threatened with a retreat. "We fear that in the end a Berlin Zentralabitur is the goal, which would mean a deterioration of the educational level in Bavaria," said Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) on Sunday. "The Bavarian Abitur remains Bavarian, by the way, just as the holidays remain, we do not want to match them."
The Munich decision had been announced. As early as October, Söder had strongly criticized the project at the Minister Presidents' Conference in Elmau. "It's going in the wrong direction," Söder said back then, referring to a "bureaucratic monster." With his comments Söder drew sharp criticism of the SPD culture ministers.
What impact the announcements of Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg have on the plans for the National Education Council, will show. Karin Prien (CDU), Minister of Education of Schleswig-Holstein, pessimistically told Bayerischer Rundfunk: "If Bavaria gets out and is now following other federal states, the Education Council is dead."
