Pilot tests planned in Bavaria: School starts one hour later – "Better for health"
Created: 2022-12-08 2:12 p.m
By: Tanja Kipke
The FDP calls for a later start to school in Bavaria.
School starts at 9 a.m. instead of 8 a.m.
Pilot tests at several schools are planned.
Munich – school only from 9 a.m.?
It certainly sounds tempting to many students.
And sleep researchers also see potential in this, they have repeatedly criticized children and young people getting up early.
A survey of schoolchildren showed that young people would also like to start school later.
If the FDP has its way, that should happen soon.
“Sleep experts have been criticizing for a long time that starting school at 8 a.m. does not fit into the daily rhythm of young people.
Especially in winter, sensory performance, coordination and language skills are still adjusted to sleep, ”said the state leader of the Young Liberals (Julis), Felix Meyer, on Thursday in Munich.
A more effective learning climate can be expected if school starts at 9 a.m.
School starts in Bavaria at 9 a.m.: FDP with advance in the state parliament
“Pupils should be the focus and be able to take as much knowledge as possible with them in class.
We should adapt our school system accordingly to the requirements of those who go to school to learn something,” emphasized Meyer.
Pupils in the ninth and tenth grades in particular often went to class exhausted.
"This is not only detrimental to learning success, but also to health in the long run."
School starts at 9 instead of 8?
The FDP submitted an application, model tests are to test the process.
© Annette Riedl/dpa
The start of classes at 8 a.m. is a huge burden, especially for people who have a long way to go to school, it said.
Long travel times into the city by bus and train and an internal clock that only really warms up the body later in the day could not lead to good results in the long run.
Pilot tests planned at several schools in some cities and districts
The state parliament FDP is also open to starting school later.
In an application that was also on the agenda of the education committee on Thursday, the parliamentary group demands at least an examination of “the extent to which the start of school in Bavaria, which is usually practiced, should be postponed from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.”.
There should be a pilot project at several schools in some cities and districts.
As evidence, the FDP refers to other EU countries such as France, Italy or Spain, where starting school later is already common.
(tkip/dpa)
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