NEOS launch "Education Tour" for Reforms in the Education Sector

It is about involving citizens in the "massive upheavals" in the education system, said NEOS club chairman Yannick Shetty at a press conference on Friday. At the same time, he tempered the "huge expectations": "We will give it our all, but not all problems will be solved after five years."

NEOS "Education Tour": The new school year is "a year of change"

The responsible pink education minister Christoph Wiederkehr is not participating in the tour. Nevertheless, Künsberg Sarre spoke of a paradigm shift compared to his predecessors, stating that they want to involve people in the reforms because the much-vaunted "catch-up race" can only succeed together. "It is like drilling through thick boards, we can already feel that," said the education spokesperson, who plans to visit educational institutions in all federal states from October and engage in public discussions with those affected and interested parties.

The new school year is "a year of change" after decades of stagnation, said Shetty, referring to the expansion of German language support, orientation classes, the planned mandatory summer school, the expansion of parental duties, the headscarf ban, and more support staff. "In the pipeline" is also the rollout of financial and economic education in 50 high schools and the opportunity bonus for 400 schools with particularly challenging conditions.

(APA/Red)

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