The Corona summit with Chancellor Merkel brought the result: A hard lockdown should come from December 16.
What does this mean for the education system?
All news in the school ticker.
On December 13th, Chancellor Angela Merkel again consulted with the country chiefs on the Corona * situation.
The Corona * numbers are still too high.
Germany is on the verge of a lockdown.
The first details - also on schools and daycare centers - have now been determined.
Here you can find the Corona news from Germany.
We also offer you the current number of cases in Germany in a map.
Update from December 13, 2:58 p.m.:
In Brandenburg, schools will largely be closed for face-to-face classes from Monday.
This was announced by Prime Minister
Dietmar Woidke
.
Final classes and special needs schools remain excluded.
After the Christmas holidays, all other students will only have distance lessons until January 10th.
Corona lockdown in Germany: Christmas holidays in Baden-Württemberg are to be brought forward
Update from December 13, 2:49 p.m.:
After the nationwide
lockdown decision
, schools in Baden-Württemberg will be closed from Wednesday.
As the German Press Agency learned from government circles on Sunday, the Christmas holidays are to be moved forward.
This is to avoid further contacts.
Distance learning should
only be offered for
graduating
classes.
Merkel announces decision: Schools and daycare centers before closing - “clear regulation” for Bavaria
Update from December 13th, 11:28 am
: The date is set:
Schoolchildren
and daycare children should stay at home for three and a half weeks at the latest from Wednesday at the latest in Germany for three and a half weeks
(see today's first report)
.
That was agreed by Chancellor
Angela Merkel (CDU)
and the country leaders at the
Corona summit
this Sunday.
Exceptions and
emergency care
are possible and in some federal states such rules apply
from Monday
.
Perhaps also will
change instruction
set, Merkel said.
As a
"clear regulation"
for Bavaria, Prime Minister
Markus Söder (CSU) announced
the shutdown of schools and day care centers from Wednesday.
From December 16 to January 10, employers
should
offer
home offices
as far as possible
.
Merkel's Corona Summit: Schools and daycare centers before the closure - "Children should during this time ..."
First report from December 13th
: Berlin - The corona numbers in Germany are still too high.
The
partial lockdown
did not have the desired effect.
Chancellor Angela Merkel * has been consulting with the country leaders since ten o'clock on Sunday morning (December 13th).
Germany is on the verge of a tough lockdown.
The first details leaked out in advance - also on the subject of
schools and daycare centers
.
Corona in Germany: Lockdown is imminent - shops, schools and daycare centers must close
The
German Press Agency
(dpa) has received a
draft resolution
.
This was sent to the federal states by the Federal Chancellery in the morning.
For example, it proposes that retail stores, with the
exception
of shops for daily needs, be closed from Wednesday (December 16) to January 10.
Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder has been calling for a complete lockdown for days.
Corona summit with Chancellor Merkel: Schools will probably be closed - mandatory attendance suspended
For this period, the draft also recommends significant
contact restrictions at schools and daycare centers
.
“During this time, children should be cared for at home whenever possible.
Therefore, during this period the schools will be closed or the compulsory attendance will be suspended, ”the paper says.
According to these ideas, additional possibilities should be created for parents to be able to
take paid leave to look
after their children
during this period.
In general, employers are “asked to check” whether either company holidays or generous
home office solutions are
possible
during the lockdown period
.
Corona in Germany: More and more federal states are calling for a hard lockdown
Corona in Germany: Leopoldina recommends closing schools
By closing the schools, politics would follow a recommendation by the Leopoldina Science Academy.
Because: Unlike in spring, there are many indications that children and adolescents are contributing to the spread of Corona * to an extent not previously suspected.
An as yet unpublished
mass test from Austria shows
that schoolchildren are infected just as often as teachers.
Study director Michael Wagner, microbiology professor at the University of Vienna, told
Spiegel:
“Schools are not an island of the blessed.
If you don't close it, you run a
considerable risk
. "
A similar picture emerges
in
Canada
: the President of the Association of Microbiologists and Infectious Diseases in Québec said after the number of cases * soared after the school restart
: "The schools were instrumental in triggering the second wave in Québec."
Corona summit in Germany: lockdown?
"Can't be that it's just schools or daycare centers"
The Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs met on Thursday (December 11), chaired by President Stefanie Hubig.
She stated that the partial lockdown would not have brought the necessary results.
On Friday morning, she commented on the resolutions and strategies, including with regard to further Corona * measures.
Hubig: Unfortunately, partial lockdown was not as successful as expected.
All areas of life must be included in the decisions to be made.
As KMK we are ready to make our contribution.
Distance and alternating courses are among the options.
@rlpNews #twlz
- Ministry of Education (@Bildung_RLP) December 11, 2020
When it comes to the decisions that would result in a hard lockdown at the weekend,
all areas of life
must be considered
equally.
"It can't be that it's just the schools or the daycare centers," she said.
If regular operations are restricted, “if it is necessary”, the holidays should not be extended, but rather distance learning, alternating instruction or, if necessary, an exemption from
compulsory schooling
.
In the lower grades there is also a need for emergency care for students.
According to Hubig, all measures must be kept as short as possible.
Special attention must also be paid to the final classes.
(kam / dpa) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen digital editorial network.