Christmas holidays: model NRW? Bavaria follows surprisingly

North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) starts the Christmas holidays earlier.

A role model for other federal states?

In any case, Berlin is against it.

In one case, however, that suddenly changed.

• North Rhine-Westphalia

  (NRW) has postponed the Christmas holidays due to the Corona * pandemic.

• Will this plan also catch on in other federal states?

  There

  will be no early Christmas holidays

  in

  Berlin

  .

  But now

  Bavaria is

  following suit.

• Here you can find the latest Corona news from Germany.

Update November 24, 10:25

: In

the Christmas holidays begin this year

earlier than planned.

Previously, the Bavarian Ministry of Culture said discussions about extending or shortening the vacation would only cause unrest.

Prime Minister Söder is now announcing the

: The last day of school before Christmas is now December 18th (Friday).

Söder confirmed the decision to Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), as

reported by

* (see also table below).

Actually, December 22nd (Wednesday) should be the last day of school for the students.

Markus Söder explains on Twitter why the Christmas holidays start earlier in Bavaria.

So that families can celebrate Christmas healthy and carefree, the 2020 holidays will start earlier.

A one-week waiting period between school lessons and Christmas would reduce the risk of infection.

Bavaria prefers the start of the Christmas holidays due to Corona.

The last day of school is December 18th.

The risk of infection is significantly reduced by the almost one-week waiting period between school lessons and Christmas, so that families can celebrate in a healthy and carefree way.

- Markus Söder (@Markus_Soeder) November 24, 2020

Update from November 13th, 11.47 a.m

.: NRW under Prime Minister

presenting

the

this year in

order to reduce the

risk

at

report

.

However, other

such as Saxony and Lower Saxony do not want to follow suit - especially out of consideration for their parents.

"We then have a real problem with

" said the Saxon minister of education

.

 "

We cannot

sending the

message of

," said a Lower Saxony ministry

.

His reasoning: There would then be only five days between the last day of school and Christmas Eve - less than the

of

according to current knowledge. 

In

on the other hand, students could start the Christmas holidays earlier - possibly.

Education Minister

wants to make this the responsibility of the schools and called on them

to extend

the Christmas

by two days forward with

.

Corona in Germany: The Christmas holidays are brought forward here

Original

from November 12th

: Munich -

To let the

start earlier was discussed for a little longer.

In view of the dynamism of

,

Prime Minister

(CDU) brought the proposal into play.

People should limit their contacts before Christmas to avoid contagion at the feast with the family.

Now North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is ringing in the Christmas holidays

for the schoolchildren earlier than originally planned

because of the

.

Classes end on December 18th this year.

Early Christmas holidays as a plan against Corona

NRW School Minister Yvonne Gebauer (FDP) announced on Wednesday evening (November 11th) that there would be no school lessons on December 21st and 22nd.

The decision should help

to enable

the families to have a carefree

as possible.

Because of the weekend, Friday, December 18, is the last day of school in

this year.

Actually

.

Gebauer wants to clarify with teachers, parents and pupil associations in the coming days how the failure in the current school year can be compensated and how emergency care can be ensured on December 21 and 22.

Christmas holidays 2020 in Germany - who starts the holidays and when

Other federal states could follow.

Bavaria could follow suit *.

In

on the other hand, there are no earlier

.

A spokesman for the Senate Administration made a negative

on this topic on Thursday, as

reported by

.

It is not planned to bring the Christmas holidays forward.

However,

the holidays

in

start

quite early - on December 21st.

As in North Rhine-Westphalia, the last day of school falls on Friday, December 18th.

In

, the

do

not

start

until December 23 (Wednesday), as well as in Baden-Württemberg, Bremen, Lower Saxony, Saxony and Thuringia.

It remains to be seen whether these federal states will also decide to cancel lessons.

Spahn himself announced a debate on the subject at the meeting of the federal states next Monday (November 16).

There

is already criticism

against the

vacation

.

Among other things, the GEW teachers' union believes that the main open question is who should look after the children during the additional free time.

Parents who still have to work on the 21st and 22nd have a problem, says the GEW. 

"The announcement by NRW School Minister Yvonne Gebauer to

bring

the

forward is bad news for single parents," said Nicola Stroop, board member of the Association of Single Mothers and Fathers in North Rhine-Westphalia.

When it comes to school, it's pretty hot.

But it is questionable whether this measure can minimize the risk of infection.

Can the

cancellation of lessons

actually slow down

?

Mike Schier from Münchner Merkur * doubts that in his comment.

Since it is slowly becoming embarrassing for Söder's government, he has another Christmas proposal.

And what actually happens when the children and young people come back to school from their holidays?

Suggestions to extend the Christmas holidays have so far hardly been heard.

List of rubric lists: © Armin Weigel / dpa