Education Minister Karliczek advocates compulsory classroom attendance after the holidays - with exceptions.
Before school starts, all students should be tested once.
Berlin - Federal Minister of Education Anja Karliczek has spoken out in favor of requiring students to be present in class after the holidays, despite Corona.
"In my opinion, the duty to be present should normally apply again," says the CDU politician of the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung".
"Exceptions for previously ill and particularly vulnerable children and adolescents must, however, be possible."
There will be framework conditions under which safe teaching can be guaranteed.
All students take the test before school starts
In her opinion, all students should be tested once before school starts after the holidays. “After that there must be regular tests, the frequency depending on the infection process. We should afford this as the first and most important measure in the event of increasing incidences, ”says Karliczek. Once again, she did not rule out the possibility of corona-related school closings again. “You can never guarantee or exclude anything in a situation like a pandemic. We don't know which variants are still to come. But all those responsible can at least prepare much more specifically ”.
She is "confident that this autumn the schools can be kept open in principle". “We now have a completely different starting position after the holidays. We have an increasing vaccination rate and a good test structure, ”said the Minister of Education. dpa