Corona crisis in Bavaria: The decision to gradually open the school has been made. The first universities with digital lectures will also start on Monday.
- After the forced break due to the corona virus *, it is currently still unclear when schools in Bavaria can open again.
- Those responsible are now considering having final classes start again first.
- Here you will find our guide to reporting and the Corona News from Germany. You can also find current numbers of cases in Bavaria as a map. The following recommendations for corona protective measures are currently available.
Update, April 19, 11:06 am: At the start of the summer semester on Monday (April 20), Bavaria's Minister of Science Bernd Sibler appealed to students and university employees to continue to take the corona pandemic seriously. It is now important to concentrate on digital offers, said the CSU politician.
For around 350,000 students at state universities , universities of applied sciences, technical colleges and art colleges, the lectures start exclusively online. Only the acceptance of examinations and individual practical events are possible in individual cases from April 27, subject to strict hygiene measures at the university itself, the message says. Then it should also be decided whether and to what extent the libraries will open again.
The minister announced that he would take stock after the summer semester : “Already today I am sure that our teaching at universities will experience a major boost towards digitalization . Many online offers will prevail, ”Sibler predicted.
Corona crisis: Bavaria's schoolchildren upset about plans to graduate from high school
Update, 1:46 p.m .: Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder continues to reject a shortening of the summer vacation due to the Corona crisis - the CSU chief reiterated this on Bavarian radio . However, the grading should take place later this school year.
Söder said in an interview with Bayern 3 that he was surprised by the proposal by Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the Bundestag, to shorten the summer vacation in order to close gaps in the fabric. Because of Corona, no pupil should remain seated, the transfer to trial is interpreted much more generously, announced Söder.
Corona crisis: Bavarian schoolchildren go to barricades because of plans to graduate from high school - Piazolo reacts
Update, 12.35 p.m .: Bavaria's Minister of Culture Michael Piazolo does not want to shake the corona-delayed start of the Abitur exams on May 20th. According to his words, there is already a mutually agreed solution so that pending exams do not have to be written in the planned form by then.
"We want to stick to the date for the Abitur exams , that's the goal," said Piazolo. "That is why we are in intensive contact with the State Student Council and have already found a mutually acceptable, good solution. One thing is clear: outstanding exams do not have to be written in the form intended. ” Piazolo does not want to announce the exact details until the beginning of the new week. "But the fact is: we will be very accommodating to the students," he emphasized.
Piazolo responded with his clarification to criticism from the district student representatives of the secondary schools from Lower Franconia, Lower Bavaria, Swabia and the Upper Palatinate. These had called for the exams to be postponed until after Pentecost vacation. Piazolo said of the criticism: “The council of state students was also involved and agreed. Only in a hurry, apparently, could not be communicated to all student representatives. "
School openings in the Corona crisis: Bavarian schoolchildren go on the barricades because of school-leaving plans
Update, April 18, 11:20 am: The Bavarian schoolchildren form resistance against the state government's high school plans. The district student representatives of the secondary schools in Lower Franconia, Lower Bavaria, Swabia and the Upper Palatinate demand that the Abitur exams be postponed to an appointment after Pentecost vacation - i.e. by about three and a half weeks. This is the only way to ensure fair conditions and comparability of the Abitur classes.
Many students also clearly fear that, in addition to the graduation on May 15, they will have to take exams in various subjects during the current half-year. This logic only left four days to prepare for the actual Abitur exams . Before the outbreak of the corona virus , more than three weeks were planned.
Although fairness has been promised, the tight schedule is now leading to significant disadvantages, an open letter to the Minister of Education states. "Later at the university, nobody will take into account the fact that you graduated from high school in the Corona class ," said Pauline Behnke, district student representative of the secondary schools in Lower Franconia.
The Ministry was cautious. A final decision regarding the examination date has not yet been made, said a spokesman. Next week, the “modalities of the Abitur exams ” will be discussed with teachers, parents and students .
Shortened summer vacation for Bavaria's students? Söder and have a clear opinion
Update, 13:05: Also Minister of Culture Michael Piazolo commented on the question of whether the summer holidays should be shortened in Bavaria. "Going on vacation now, I don't want that," he said in an interview with Antenne Bayern . One thinks gradually at the moment. "We are always looking forward to holidays and it is a time when some joy is limited - many is limited - and that is why I simply do not want it," continued Piazolo.
In an interview , the Minister of Culture also said that the parent association's proposal to provide children with digital devices from schools was being examined . “The situation is like this: we will continue to have so-called learning at home. This is not the class now . The parents are not auxiliary teachers, ”he said. Of course, you should try at least to repeat and deepen the material at home. Most students already have computers at home. If this is not the case, an attempt could be made to place a device. "We are going to solve this in the next few days," Piazolo told Antenne Bayern .
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Corona virus in Bavaria: school instead of summer vacation? Söder reacts to Schäuble's proposal
Update from April 17, 11:13 p.m .: School instead of summer vacation? That was suggested by Bundestag President Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) in the Corona crisis. Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder, however, has little to gain from this.
Söder reacted on Friday in a live broadcast of the image : "Bavaria is not thinking about shortening the summer vacation". Schäuble had previously said to Augsburger Allgemeine : “With a few exceptions, the schools will remain closed for some time. Therefore, I wonder if those responsible in the countries are thinking about shortening the school holidays in the summer time ”
Corona virus: school closings - this is how things should continue in Bavaria
Update from 1:04 p.m .: After the corona-related school closings, their operation in Bavaria should start again very slowly: From April 27, final classes at high schools, secondary and middle schools should be the first to return to schools, as well as master classes. From May 11th at the earliest, the classes that will graduate next year will follow at these schools, e.g. the current 11th graders at grammar schools and the current 9th graders at secondary schools.
“Classes should take place in a maximum of half the class size with 10 to 15 students. In this way, we will ensure a distance of at least 1.5 meters between the students in the classrooms, ”explains Minister of Culture Michael Piazolo.
It is therefore still open when all the other classes can go back to school - from May 11 to the start of Pentecost holidays, however, there are only three weeks left. The daycare centers should also remain closed for the time being - Söder had already announced this on Wednesday.
Söder meanwhile announced exceptions for potential sitters during these times - and also: The 2020 Abi exams will take place.
Corona virus in Bavaria: This is how it should continue with schools
Update from 10.23 a.m .: After the federal-state agreement on a slow relaxation of the corona restrictions, the plans for the gradual school start in Bavaria become more concrete. According to information from the German Press Agency, it became clear on Thursday that fourth graders would be allowed to attend school again from May 11th. This should be discussed in a cabinet meeting in the morning.
Schools are also reopening in other federal states *. However, there are differences between the countries. An appointment has now been made for the reopening of schools in Hessen *. First, only the final classes are allowed to go back to school.
School openings in Bavaria: Söder explains Bavarian special route - and decides on a question
Update from April 16, 9:05 a.m .: On April 27, it will start again for the final classes in Bavaria, for example for the Q12 at the high school. Follow-up classes follow on May 11th, for example the Q11 at the Gymnasium. According to the Bavarian government spokesman, it is still open when the fourth grade of primary schools will start again. At noon there should be more details after the cabinet meeting.
New state of play regarding school openings in Bavaria: on April 27 it starts again for the final classes, e.g. Q12 at the high school. On 11.5. follow connection classes, e.g. Q11 Gym. - Elementary school 4th class according to government spokesman still open. That was a bit confusing yesterday.
- Dirk Walter (@dwmerkur) April 16, 2020Markus Söder assured the picture : "Those who are in high school can rely on it, there will be a high school! There will not be any emergency high school diploma, there will not be any average high school diploma for everyone involved, but it should be, to the best of our knowledge and belief, a good high school diploma. That is why they can start first. ”However, he also made it clear:“ In all other cases, you still have to think very carefully about this. So we have to think again about the ministers of culture : What does it look like in general in school? Which classes must take place in other classes? Whether it's just core subjects, how to organize it with a time delay. "
The topic of transfer also has to be dealt with, as the Bavarian Prime Minister further said: “Some students simply didn't have enough time to put themselves back in the limelight at school, which might have made it into everyday school life. We still have to think about something, in my opinion no one should stay seated just because Corona reduced school time, ”said Söder.
You can read all information about the corona virus in Bavaria in our news ticker.
School openings in Bavaria: Söder corrects the first reports and explains the Bavarian special route
Update 21:42: The exam preparation in graduating classes - such as high school or school leaving certificate - should in Bavaria as early as the April 27 can be started. The next classes will then gradually follow from May 11th . The schools would need time to prepare anyway, Prime Minister Markus Söder said on Wednesday.
"Primary schools and daycare centers will then remain closed - with appropriate emergency care, " says Söder. Whether and when the fourth classes can start again in primary schools remained open at first.
Read a comment by Munich's Mercury on easing the corona measures here *
School openings in Bavaria: Söder corrects the first reports and explains the Bavarian special route
Update 6:37 p.m .: With regard to the reopening of schools, the federal states will act more or less independently. In Bavaria , the final classes should return to the classrooms from May 11th. In other countries a week earlier. Kindergartens and primary schools remain closed. One could not expect such young children to wear face masks and to do justice to other templates, said the Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) at the joint federal press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to reports, May 4 was initially planned. Now Söder is going a special way with Bavaria.
Söder had developed scope and a framework because the states are affected differently, said Söder on Wednesday after almost four hours of consultation from the federal and state governments. In Bavaria, shops are also said to open later. Söder explains the Bavarian special route when it comes to the number of infections.
Update 17 pm: The school system should obviously on May 4 gradually be resumed. Starting with the final classes, those who will take their exams in the coming year and the top elementary school classes, the lessons should therefore be resumed. Upcoming exams are possible before this date. The federal and state governments agreed on this on Wednesday, as the German press agency found out.
Update from April 15, 11:37: Already before the Corona summit on Wednesday, the state chancelleries of the states are said to have agreed on a few points with the chancellery. That reports the picture . Accordingly, daycare centers, schools and universities are to remain closed until May 4th. Afterwards, the state ministries of culture should decide on easing.
There should be planned easing elsewhere, for example for certain businesses.
When will Bavaria's schools open again? Söder on ZDF with plain text: "Fundamentally different view ..."
Update 10:46 pm: In the ZDF “Today Journal” Markus Söder made it clear again in the evening that Bavaria is refusing to open the schools promptly after the Easter holidays because of the corona pandemic. "I am very reluctant to go to schools," said the CSU boss on Tuesday evening in the "heute-journal" of ZDF. He is also skeptical that primary schools should be opened first. "I have a fundamentally different view of it." Söder distances himself from the announcement from North Rhine-Westphalia that it wants to open the schools gradually after the end of the Easter holidays on April 19, and from a recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Primary schools with the first to reopen.
"You have to talk about graduation classes, not too quickly either. In my opinion, elementary schools are only the last ones, because the little ones cannot stick to hygiene concepts, ”Söder emphasized. A long-term concept was needed to reopen the schools after the Corona forced break. "The teacher associations are very reluctant to open school quickly because they say that a school must also be organized." As examples, he cited curricula and timetables that were redefined and distance rules that would have to be organized.
#Bayern | s Prime Minister @Markus_Soeder (CSU) is cautious about the required easing, there should be no political bidding competition in schools. Should there be easing, then only "responsibly" and "with clear conditions". #corona #schuloeffnung pic.twitter.com/b2DoZvcJHL
- ZDF today journal (@heutejournal) April 14, 2020Update 8:41 pm: The Prime Ministers do not really want to discuss the possible reopening of schools after the Corona break until tomorrow on Wednesday with Chancellor Angela Merkel, but it is already clear that this topic will not be decided just like that.
Because, according to information from Bild , the 16 federal states have completely quarreled when trying to develop uniform criteria. Bavaria, Hamburg, Saarland, Brandenburg and Thuringia should share the opinion of Baden-Württemberg to wait and see, while Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia should also prefer to reopen soon. Especially in the criticism Armin Laschet, the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia. He should primarily advocate a reopening soon.
Meanwhile, Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder has apparently also proposed a possible solution. For him, a “material road map” is conceivable, the report says. For example, it could be decided to first let the final classes back into schools. It is then up to the individual federal states to determine when this will actually happen.
Update from April 14, 4:25 pm: Teaching from home is a heavy burden for many parents. In an online survey by the Bavarian Parents' Association (BEV), more than half of the participating parents said it was "a lot of effort", "a lot of effort" or even impossible. This leads to increased disputes and stress in the families, and parents become constantly dissatisfied “drivers” for the children when it comes to school, BEV chairman Martin Löwe wrote in an open letter to Minister of Culture Michael Piazolo (free voters). The role of parents should be limited to “structuring support for learning at home, but not to replace teachers”. Several media had previously reported on it.
First report from April 14, 2020:
Munich / Bruckmühl - what's next with the schools *? You will only know more after Easter. Chancellor Angela Merkel will report on the Corona crisis on Tuesday , after which the Prime Ministers and Ministers of Education will advise. Until then there has been silence. Bavaria's Minister of Culture Michael Piazolo has already announced that he can imagine a "step-by-step plan" - there is nothing more to say now, explains a spokesman.
Coronavirus: when can schools open again?
Schools, parents and pupils are urgently waiting for a signal. For now, everyone is making their own plans. For secondary schools, he can imagine a “step-by-step plan”, according to which the final students in grade 10 begin - perhaps from April 27, says the chairman of the junior high school teachers' association, Jürgen Böhm. For Michael Schwägerl from the Bavarian Association of Philologists, a complete opening of the schools on April 20 is “inconceivable”, but a gradual opening with a lead time and thorough planning is.
Walter Baier, headmaster in Bruckmühl
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Saxony announced on Thursday that it will reopen the schools for the final classes - and only for these. Such a model is also conceivable in Bavaria for Walter Baier, head of the Bavarian Association of Directors . He has already worked out a plan for his high school in Bruckmühl (district of Rosenheim). There are 84 pupils in the 12th grade. "The school opening could work for them from April 20," says Baier. Courses could be divided, depending on the size of the classrooms, ten to a maximum of twelve students should sit in one room. That would be, "our house is empty".
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However, mouth-nose protection is necessary - teachers should distribute the masks at the entrance. "But we don't have them yet." Baier's colleague Heinz-Peter Meidinger from Deggendorf also holds high school examinations from May 20 - currently the official date - as feasible if the number of infections allows it. The students in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate had already written their high school diploma, and Bavaria could not wait indefinitely.
There are no signals yet for primary schools. The German Mayor of Leipzig, Mayor of Leipzig, Burkhard Jung (SPD), opened up primary schools and daycare centers, but it is considered unlikely. But time is of the essence here as well: A third of the students spent less than 15 hours a week at school when the school closed, the Institute for Education Management and Economics of Education at the University of Teacher Education Zug said in the "School Barometer" for Germany, Austria and Switzerland found. "This group worries us," said study director Prof. Stephan Huber.
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