Education: Lessons from examine: More German and math for major college college students | EUROtoday

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern reacts to the mediocre outcomes of German college students within the worldwide efficiency comparability Pisa and will increase the variety of hours in core topics. As Education Minister Simone Oldenburg (Left SPD) introduced on Thursday in Schwerin, from the approaching college yr 2024/2025 onwards, there will probably be an extra hour of German and arithmetic per week in major college for grades 3 and 4 on the timetable. In addition, from the 2025/2026 college yr onwards, a complete of 11 hours per week will probably be necessary for grades 7 to 10 within the core topics of German, arithmetic and English. Oldenburg hopes that it will result in a noticeable enchancment within the college students' abilities in studying, writing and arithmetic.