Minister of Culture - After Pisa results: Stolz announces support programs
Bavaria's Education Minister Anna Stolz (Free Voters) has announced support programs for math and German following Germany's poor performance in the Pisa study. During a visit to a school in Munich on Thursday, the minister described the results of the international comparative test as "alarming".
Minister President Markus Söder (CSU) also emphasized the urgency of the issue of education. "It can't stay like this in the long term. We have had a downward trend in educational results throughout Germany for years," said Söder at the meeting in a Munich secondary school.
Schools today face much greater challenges and have to manage integration and inclusion. This leads to a "huge overload" for teachers, said Söder.
It is crucial that German is learned properly first, said Söder. "Today we are talking about foreign languages where German is not yet spoken properly."
Stolz reiterated Söder's call for more focus to be placed on basic skills. In elementary school, the focus should be on arithmetic, writing and reading.
At the same time, the minister emphasized that the key to good education is having enough teachers with basic training. "In this respect, we will now quickly create new jobs," said Stolz. In the short term, the existing lateral entry programs are also good for this. However, the aim must also be to make the profession more attractive through more flexibility and more practical phases in training.
She also wants to relieve the burden on existing teaching staff through additional administrative staff and a reduction in bureaucracy, said the Minister. "I want our teachers to be able to concentrate on their core business again, i.e. their educational work, to have more time for the children and more time for education."
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- Anna Stolz, the Education Minister from Bavaria's Free Voters party, expressed her concern over Germany's low performance in the PISA study, specifically in math and German, and announced support programs.
- During a visit to a Munich school, Markus Söder, the CSU's Minister President, echoed Stolz's alarm and emphasized the importance of addressing the downward trend in educational results throughout Germany.
- Söder acknowledged the challenges faced by schools today, including managing integration and inclusion, which can lead to a heavy workload for teachers.
- Söder emphasized the need for proper German language education, stating that focusing on foreign languages is premature when the German language skills are still weak.
- Stolz agreed with Söder's call for more emphasis on foundational skills in elementary schools, emphasizing the importance of arithmetic, writing, and reading.
- To improve the education system, Stolz advocated for hiring more teachers with basic training, implementing lateral entry programs, making the profession more attractive with more flexibility and practical phases in training, and relieving the burden on existing teachers through additional administrative support and reducing bureaucracy.
Source: www.stern.de
