Education - Thuringia among the federal states with the fewest Bafög recipients
According to a study,Thuringia ranks third in Germany in terms of the lowest proportion of students receiving Bafög. Last year, 12,650 students in the federal state took advantage of this state funding, which accounted for 9.3 percent, according to an analysis published on Friday by the CHE Center for Higher Education Development. Only in Hamburg and Saarland was the proportion lower (both 8.8 percent). The proportion is therefore also below the national average: according to the analysis, 11.5 percent of students in Germany are supported in this way.
State instruments such as scholarships played an even smaller role. Last year, 0.5 percent (nationwide: 1.0 percent) received a Deutschlandstipendium scholarship and 0.4 percent (nationwide: 1.1 percent) received a scholarship from the Begabtenförderwerke. These are the lowest figures in a nationwide comparison. Only 1738 students took out a new student loan from the state development bank KfW in 2022. This means that the proportion in Thuringia was the highest in Germany (1.3 percent). The national average here was 0.5 percent.
In contrast, the proportion of employed students was lowest in Thuringia: 50.7 percent of students had a part-time job - this figure relates to 2021. Hamburg had the highest proportion at 74.5 percent. The rate was lowest in all four eastern German states.
According to the CHE analysis, around five out of six students nationwide did not use Bafög, state loans or scholarships in 2022. Financial support from parents and part-time jobs are the most important sources of student funding, said study author Ulrich Müller according to the press release.
According to Müller, there is a need for reform. If the system of student financing in Germany remains unchanged, "in future, success at university will depend more and more on whether you have rich parents or are enrolled on a flexible degree course that is compatible with part-time jobs". This does not have much to do with "equitable participation in higher education".
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Source: www.stern.de
