Schoolchaos in Ludwigshafen: 40 first graders have to stay seated!

Schoolchaos in Ludwigshafen: 40 first graders have to stay seated!

Ludwigshafen, Deutschland - The desperate calls of a father from Ludwigshafen underline an urgent problem in the German Education system. Daniel Schwertner, who works as a managing director in the economy, expresses his frustration on LinkedIn about the overwhelming of his daughter at school. "The German school system is just broken," he says. His 12-year-old daughter, who is in the sixth school year, not only has to deal with mathematics and two foreign languages, but also learn an instrument-the trumpet. Schwertner criticizes that his daughter does not even receive fundamental financial knowledge, such as taxes and bank accounts. These important life topics are often only learned in everyday life, for example through discussions at home or social media such as Tikok, where children learn more about finance than at school. This critical perspective also shares Sven Schumann, deputy chairman of the alliance "Economic Education Germany", which demands a comprehensive introduction of financial education into school lessons to convey future generations the necessary skills that they need for an independent life. Mercury reports .

shocking numbers from primary school

In addition to the frustration of the parents, there are alarming news from the Gräfenschule in Ludwigshafen: 40 first graders have to repeat the school year there. Rector Barbara Mächtle describes this situation as "frightening" and realizes that the beginners often have difficulties with the German language and that many of the educational families come from educational families. According to Mächtle, the Hemshof, a district with a high proportion of migrants, is a central aspect of these grievances. The pupils often did not learn the necessary basics for the start of school, which leads to a high repeat ratio. Experts such as Lars Lamowski from the Association of Education and Education (VBE) are increasingly being demanding that state support for schools urgently need to be improved. The challenges are enormous because the tasks in schools increase steadily without sufficient resources being provided. These alarming conditions are not an isolated case, but reflect a nationwide problem in many German schools. The