Despite the rapidly increasing corona numbers, Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann wants to keep schools and universities open "as long as possible".
The situation is so dramatic that nothing can be ruled out, said the Green politician on Tuesday in Stuttgart.
It was seen that the corona lockdowns with distance learning caused "considerable damage" to many children and adolescents, especially those from less educated classes.
Stuttgart - That is why epidemiological and educational questions will be carefully weighed up here.
"We really only go to the very end," promised Kretschmann with a view to the schools.
A renewed suspension of the requirement to be present is not initially planned, unlike in Brandenburg, for example.
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As a reminder: Between Christmas 2020 and Pentecost 2021, students in the lower and middle grades in particular were in lockdown for almost six months, while final classes could sometimes be taught face-to-face.
That had led to massive criticism.
Social Affairs Minister Manne Lucha (Greens) currently considers the situation in schools to be manageable.
Of around 65,000 classes, 130 are currently affected by an infection.
Two of the approximately 4,500 schools are closed, a Waldorf and a primary school.
Of the over one million students, 8,000 are currently in quarantine.
That is "relatively predictable and manageable," said Lucha.
He is also proud that the number of those vaccinated twice among 12 to 17-year-olds is now 44 percent.
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