Tag: education policy
Compulsory subject computer science & Co.: Expert commission calls for educational reforms
Berlin Germany is not as far along in digital education as it would like. The corona pandemic in particular has shown this. The Standing Scientific Commission (SWK) of the Conference…
Pupils shy away from the leap into working life
Start of vacation in Saxony-Anhalt A school year is done. But choosing a career is difficult for many students. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The majority of young people in Germany feel…
Computer science lessons are still rarely offered in Germany
Lessons in a 9th grade Computer science is not yet a compulsory subject in many German schools. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Hesse starts a new school subject called “Digital World”. The…
Computer science lessons are still rarely offered in Germany
Lessons in a 9th grade Computer science is not yet a compulsory subject in many German schools. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Hesse starts a new school subject called “Digital World”. The…
The trend towards higher education comes to a standstill
lecture hall In absolute numbers, the group of first-year students from Germany has even fallen from the all-time high of 450,000 ten years ago to around 400,000 due to demographic…
The trend towards higher education comes to a standstill
lecture hall In absolute numbers, the group of first-year students from Germany has even fallen from the all-time high of 450,000 ten years ago to around 400,000 due to demographic…
All-day primary school may fail due to a lack of staff
Pupils in a day school There is a shortage of staff in many all-day schools and after-school care centers. (Photo: dpa) Berlin By 2029 at the latest, all-day primary schools…
Digital education requires short distances and staying power
The digitization of education offers material for discussions. Both parents and representatives of politics, education, business and the media world unanimously state that there have been omissions for decades. We…
Where did Germany’s top managers study?
Young student (symbol photo) Without a university degree, little is possible at the top hierarchy level in the German economy. (Photo: imago images/Addictive Stock) Dusseldorf Harvard, St. Gallen? no Most…
Where Germany’s top managers studied
Young student (symbol photo) Without a university degree, little is possible at the top hierarchy level in the German economy. (Photo: imago images/Addictive Stock) Dusseldorf Harvard, St. Gallen? no Most…
Every second student drops out of college
Berlin MINT specialists are considered an important pillar of the German economy, but young talent is now becoming scarce. In the 2020/21 academic year, around six percent fewer people started…
What is preventing schools from becoming more digital?
Berlin Germany has become significantly more digital because of the corona pandemic. But while refugee children from Ukraine can take part in online lessons in their home country from here,…
The great loss of talent in the German education system
Education System Germany is wasteful of all things with the most important domestic resource, the offspring. The result is the blatant shortage of skilled workers, which is becoming more dramatic…
Shortage of skilled workers: Foreign students – the untapped potential
Berlin It is the silver bullet of immigration: foreigners who study in Germany are considered an ideal reservoir to recruit them as skilled workers. After all, they already know the…
Top high school graduates don’t want to be teachers
Berlin, Dusseldorf The school of tomorrow needs top teachers – but top students are not interested in the teaching profession. A-level high school graduates have an enormous respect for teachers.…