Green Party Criticizes "Deceptive Packaging" in German Language Support
According to a response to an inquiry, instead of the announced 748 new positions, only 285 are actually being created. The deputy club chairwoman of the Greens, Sigrid Maurer, criticized that the "grand promises of the government" are not being implemented in the classrooms.
Maurer speaks of "empty announcements" and "sham package" in German language support
In May, a corresponding package of measures from the government was approved by the Council of Ministers by circulation. The currently 577 positions dedicated to German language support were supposed to be increased to a total of more than 1,324, it was said at the time - an increase of 747 positions. In the response to the inquiry, the number of positions approved for the 2025/26 school year for German language support was specifically given as 1,253.6. However, only 285 positions are actually being newly created, the Greens now complain. "The rest was reallocated from existing funds. At the same time, hours for team teaching in smaller classes were even reduced," it says in a statement to the APA.
Because the response to the inquiry shows that part of the new positions - namely 391 - already existed in the 2024/25 school year. Specifically, this concerns temporary resources from the federal government for support measures due to family reunification as well as for displaced children and young people from Ukraine. If you add these 391 to the 577 positions, the difference to the announced 1,253 positions is only 285, calculated the Green club. "No child learns better German with empty announcements. What the government is selling here is a sham package," said the Green deputy club chairwoman and education spokesperson Maurer in a statement to the APA. The ones who suffer are the teachers, "who give their best every day," and "the children, whose opportunities and future are being squandered."
(APA/Red)
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