Students in need: Vienna's teachers fear for their security!

Students in need: Vienna's teachers fear for their security!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - The situation at Vienna's schools is alarming. More and more teachers are reporting threats and a climate of fear that significantly affects their work. Maximilian Krauss, the educational spokesman for the FPÖ Vienna, criticizes the inactivity of Neos-Education City Councilor Christoph Return. In a current media report, Krauss finds that the dramatic conditions in schools are increasing and demands immediate measures to protect the teachers. "Teachers in Vienna must be afraid to do their work," says Krauss and warns of disrespectful way of dealing with educators, who is reinforced by mass immigration from the educational cultures. Here he sees the government as a duty to make the schools back into safer learning locations, as OTS

Another aspect of the crisis is the increasing difficulty of communication among teachers. They are afraid of consequences if they report realistic problems. A Viennese teacher reports that after a cry of help about violence at her school, serious business law was threatened. These fears are not unfounded; Many teachers feel restricted by business law when it comes to free expression. The educational directorate emphasizes that there is no ban on speech, but many teachers report a climate of fear that forces them to remain anonymous, as