Education - "School of the Future" initiative grows: another 52 schools
The "School of the Future" initiative launched two years ago to test new forms of learning in Rhineland-Palatinate is expanding. The 45 schools that have been participating since the 2022/23 school year will now be joined by 52 more, as announced by the Ministry of Education in Mainz on Tuesday. This is far more than planned, said Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) according to a statement in Ingelheim. The new schools include grammar schools, Realschulen plus, elementary school, integrated comprehensive schools, special schools and vocational schools.
The initiative deals with topics such as self-directed, individualized learning, interdisciplinary and cross-grade learning, digital education, more flexible lesson times and alternative forms of performance assessment. The whole thing is designed as a so-called "bottom-up" movement, i.e. it is to be driven by the schools themselves and supported by the ministry, the school supervisory authority of the Supervisory and Service Directorate (ADD) and the State Pedagogical Institute.
"There are new demands on learning in our schools today than there were ten, 20 or 100 years ago," said Hubig. This should be taken into account with the program.
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- Minister Stefanie Hubig, from Rhineland-Palatinate's SPD, expressed her satisfaction with the expansion of the "School of the Future" initiative, which originally planned to add 52 more schools to the 45 already participating since the 2022/23 school year.
- According to the Ministry of Education in Mainz's announcement on Tuesday, the initiative, which encourages new forms of learning and digital education, will benefit schools such as grammar schools, vocational schools, and special schools in addition to integrated comprehensive schools and elementary schools.
- Hubig highlighted the importance of the "School of the Future" initiative, emphasizing that the initiative is designed to address the new demands on learning in today's schools, which differ significantly from previous generations.
- The Ministry of Education in Mainz, the school supervisory authority, the ADD, and the State Pedagogical Institute will work together to support the schools in implementing the "bottom-up" movement, allowing schools to drive the changes themselves.
- To ensure the success of the initiative, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will collaborate with Rhineland-Palatinate and evaluate the testing phase of the "School of the Future" program, providing guidance and feedback to help further improve education in schools across the region.
Source: www.stern.de
