There is a shortage of skilled workers in Germany.
This applies above all to schools.
But while the number of teachers is decreasing, more and more students are being added.
Munich - In Germany there is a shortage of skilled workers in many sectors.
Be it nurses, doctors or craftsmen.
But there is also a shortage of staff in the schools.
The number of students increases every year.
The German school portal of the Robert Bosch Stiftung asked school administrators about the current challenges.
67 percent cite a lack of staff as the greatest challenge.
As
stern.de
reports, according to the ministries of education, there are 12,000 vacancies nationwide.
However, the President of the German Teachers' Association estimates the numbers to be much higher.
He assumes that between 32,000 and 40,000 apprenticeship positions will have to be filled throughout Germany.
Shortage of teachers: fewer and fewer teachers and more and more students
In addition, about a third of all teachers are over 50 years old.
If the generation of baby boomers retires in the next few years, "then there will be about twice as many vacant apprenticeship positions by 2030 as is already the case," explains education researcher Dagmar Wolff to
stern.de
.
The opposite is true for the number of students.
According to the Federal Statistical Office, the lowest birth rate since 1946 was registered in 2011.
In 2020, the number of newborns has already risen to 773,144 births.
As a result, the number of school children also increased, initially only in primary schools, later also in secondary schools.
According to the Federal Statistical Office, five percent more children have been enrolled in school in the current school year than in the previous year and thus more than in 17 years.
According to the Conference of Ministers of Education, by 2035 almost one million school children will be added.
The increasing number of school-age children is also influenced by immigration, as
stern.de
reports.
Eleven percent of the school administrations stated to the German school portal that they saw the admission of refugee pupils as a challenge.
Video: Teacher shortage is the biggest challenge for schools
Schools urgently need more staff
According to the survey by the German school portal, relief could be created primarily through more staff.
“Schools urgently need additional staff.
This includes social pedagogues and social workers, but also administrative staff and system administrators who relieve the teachers and school management," explains educational researcher Wolff to
stern.de
.
Education scientists and committees of the Ministry of Education now want to get together and make recommendations and strategies for action against the shortage of teachers.
The education and science union has drawn up a 15-point plan against the shortage of teachers.
In addition to the increase in working time reserves, this includes an increase in salaries, as well as the expansion of study places and the recognition of foreign qualifications.
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