Due to a shortage of teachers, a primary school in Lower Saxony is introducing a four-day week.
Around 300 students are affected.
Wiefelstede/district of Ammerland – The little ones should be happy, the big ones should be more concerned: due to a shortage of teachers, a primary school in Wiefelstede (district of Ammerland) in Lower Saxony is introducing a 4-day week.
300 students are affected.
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Four-day week at the primary school: "Our teaching provision looks very bad"
According to media reports, the reason for the cancellation of classes was a ban on employment that was issued to two pregnant teachers.
Since they could get infected with Corona, they are not allowed to teach.
In addition, another teacher is absent in the long term.
"Our teaching provision looks very bad, and we are not in a position to provide all classes with the same teaching," said the headmistress Doris Tapken, according to reports, in a letter to parents.
According to the state ministries of education, there are currently more than 12,000 vacant teaching positions in Germany.
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In a school in Wiefelstede, several classrooms have to remain empty for an additional day.
The primary school introduces a 4-day week due to a shortage of skilled workers.
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300 students affected: Years two to four have to stay at home one more day
Last Friday, the school management announced that a substitution plan would come into effect this Tuesday (February 14).
This stipulates that one of the age groups two to four must stay at home every day.
Because there are five classes in the first year, these are spread over two days.
There should be childcare at school for children who cannot be cared for at home.
It was initially unclear how long the regulation should apply.
Changes demanded: Lower Saxony State Parents’ Council speaks of “desolate situation”
The headmasters also see the lack of colleagues as the biggest problem in schools.
The state parent council of Lower Saxony had recently spoken of a “desolate situation” in schools in the state and called for changes.
The number of lessons at schools in Lower Saxony has fallen to its lowest level since statistics began 20 years ago, as Minister of Education Julia Willie Hamburg (Greens) recently announced.
The value determined from the ratio of students to teacher hours was 96.3 percent as of September 8, 2022 (previous year: 97.4 percent).
(With material from the dpa)
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