Brandenburg: Teachers now have to show an hour extra – union proclaims lawsuits | EUROtoday

According to the GEW training union, a number of academics in Brandenburg wish to sue towards the extra lesson per week. “We will have the first lawsuits before labor courts and administrative courts as early as March,” mentioned the state chairman of the Education and Science Union, Günther Fuchs, to the German Press Agency. “We are currently in the process of preparing individual lawsuits from teachers.”

As of this month, academics have to show an hour extra per week. According to the Ministry of Education, this really applies to round 60 % of all academics; their workload must be relieved elsewhere. There aren’t any adjustments for academics at particular wants, vocational and socially deprived faculties. The extra hour precipitated protests; the GEW sees it as a further burden and had already filed a lawsuit towards the extra hour. No determination has been made on this but.

Minister refers to aid

Education Minister Steffen Freiberg (SPD) referred to intensive aid. For instance, studying growth discussions are now not required within the first and second grades. In addition, there isn’t any longer an obligation to do specialist work in ninth grades and no central examination for tenth grades at excessive faculties. In the 2026/2027 college yr, there can be no want to arrange major college reviews.

For the BSW parliamentary group, the aid for academics doesn’t go far sufficient. “Further relief measures are needed, for example through multi-professional teams,” mentioned Parliamentary Managing Director Falk Peschel. Such groups might tackle administrative duties in faculties.

The BSW politician additionally addressed the controversial discount in instructing positions by 345 full-time positions. “Supporting the decision to reduce jobs at the time was a mistake,” mentioned Peschel. The BSW was in a coalition with the SPD till January.