Vienna in danger: Janoch urgently demands swimming courses for children!
The Vienna People's Party urgently calls for improvements to education and child protection, including swimming lessons and family help.
Vienna in danger: Janoch urgently demands swimming courses for children!
The Vienna People's Party calls for urgent measures to improve education and child protection in Vienna. City councilor Silvia Janoch criticizes the insufficient efforts of the city government, especially with regard to the safety of children. It emphasizes that alarming 50 % of the eight -year -old children cannot swim in Vienna. Janoch has been committed to introducing swimming courses for kindergarten children for four years to enable children at an early stage to contact water at an early stage and thus reduce the risk of drowning accidents. This is particularly relevant because 191 window falls of children have been registered in Vienna in the past 15 years.
As part of her demands, Janoch also launched reconnaissance campaigns for the prevention of window falls. These measures should sensitize parents to the dangers in the apartment and contribute to child safety. An important component of the suggestions of the Vienna People's Party is the introduction of a children's education check that should ensure access to education, sport and leisure activities for all children regardless of income.
claims and solutions
To support families, the Vienna People's Party plans to develop a family license. This would help parents with children from 0 to 18 years and include offers such as health examinations, courses and online teaching. The aim of this program is to convey knowledge and tools in essential areas such as education, child development, conflict resolution and mental health. Janoch emphasizes the need for preventive measures to avoid future therapy costs.
parallel to the activities in Vienna, swimming lessons in schools in Baden-Württemberg are viewed critically. A judgment by the district court of Constance, after which a teacher and a trainee who was guilty of negligent killing were guilty, causes discussions. This case resulted from the drowning of a second grader during his first swimming lesson. The court found that sufficient security precautions were missing and that all 21 students, including swimmers and non -swimmers, were left into the water at the same time.
swimming lessons under pressure
The VBE boss Gerhard Brand has questioned the feasibility of swimming lessons in a letter to Minister of Culture Theresa Schopper. Around a fifth of all primary schools in Baden-Württemberg offered no swimming lessons in the last school year, which is attributed to missing qualified teachers and insufficient approaches to water areas. The Ministry of Culture reacts with the planning of new training and a virtual tool for security instruction.
The VBE criticizes the response from the ministry and questions whether the grouping of the students in swimming lessons can actually provide more security. The ministry's report explains the existing requirements as clear and expedient, but implementation remains a challenge, as the general situation of swimming lessons in the region shows. A comprehensive review of the safety precautions is required to ensure that all children are given the opportunity to learn to swim and be safe in the water