Dilapidated buildings, frustrated students and teachers witnessing a rise in attacks: The German education system is seen to be struggling.
Germany’s schools have had a lot of bad news in recent months. In December the PISA study showed German pupils falling behind in mathematics and reading. Last month’s 2024 Youth Study showed a digitalization deficit in schools, with students saying they don’t feel prepared to find a job and manage the challenges of real life. Then a survey conducted in April known as the Schulbarometer (school barometer) had one in two teachers reporting that they had witnessed psychological or physical violence from pupils.
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The Berlin education minister recently had to send a letter to 800 schools to warn them that a false report was going viral on Tiktok, urging participation in a “National Rape Day.”
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Last month’s 2024 Youth Study showed a digitalization deficit in schools, with students saying they don’t feel prepared to find a job and manage the challenges of real life.
The Berlin education minister recently had to send a letter to 800 schools to warn them that a false report was going viral on Tiktok, urging participation in a “National Rape Day.”
He says the situation has changed dramatically over the past few years and blames smartphones and social media use for the increase in stress, exhaustion, self-doubt and listlessness that has been observed.
The months-long closure of schools is sometimes considered the biggest mistake made during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic: German pupils had to stay at home for more than 180 days, far longer than in many European countries.
Smaller classes, more teachers, a good support system with social workers and psychologists — that’s what Müller proposes in order to get Germany’s schools back on track.
The head of a grammar school in Bavaria told DW that he advocates a zero-tolerance policy: “At a certain point we enter the realm of criminal law,” he said.
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