Minister of Education - Freiberg: Focus on core subjects math and German
Following the poor performance of German pupils in the international Pisa study, Brandenburg's Education Minister Steffen Freiberg (SPD) has emphasized the need to focus on core subjects in schools. Freiberg said in Potsdam on Tuesday that Brandenburg had already reacted to the national IQB education study last year by focusing on teaching mathematics and German. And on April 1, the "Abako" project was launched to promote basic mathematical skills at elementary school, explained Freiberg.
However, the minister said that the latest Pisa results also include the fact that pupils in year 9 took part in the Pisa tests from April 2022. "This year group has been significantly affected by the restrictions on teaching during the coronavirus pandemic."
The co-governing CDU spoke of "alarming results". "We must do everything we can to focus on the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic and to pay even more attention to language support from the outset," said Gordon Hoffmann, education policy spokesperson for the CDU parliamentary group in the state parliament. "At the end of year 4, all pupils really need a "reading, writing and arithmetic guarantee"."
German pupils performed worse than ever before in the Pisa study in 2022. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced in Berlin on Tuesday that Germany's scores in reading, mathematics and science were the lowest ever measured by Pisa.
German pupils performed particularly badly in mathematics. They achieved a score of 475, compared to 500 in the previous study published in 2019. In reading, they scored 480 (2019: 498) and in science 492 (2019: 503).
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- The CDU in Brandenburg echoed Freiberg's concerns, expressing alarm over the poor Pisa results and advocating for stronger focus on basic skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic, with a particular emphasis on language support from an early age.
- In response to the international Pisa study revealing the subpar performance of German pupils in mathematics, Steffen Freiberg stressed the importance of concentrating on core subjects, specifically mathematics and German, in Brandenburg's schools.
- Building on the IQB education study from last year, the SPD-led government in Brandenburg launched the "Abako" project on April 1, 2022, which aims to enhance fundamental mathematical skills among elementary school students.
- Despite Germany's dismal Pisa results in 2022, with record-low scores in reading, mathematics, and science, Steffen Freiberg, the Minister of Education in Brandenburg (SPD), acknowledged that the affected year 9 group had been significantly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic's teaching restrictions.
- Brandenburg's Education Minister, Steffen Freiberg, highlighted that the latest Pisa results also suggested that pupils in year 9 participated in the Pisa tests from April 2022, which may have contributed to the poor performance in mathematics, as they achieved a score of 475 — a decline from 500 in the 2019 study.
Source: www.stern.de
