Viennese educational crisis: Greens demand immediate measures for schools!

Viennese educational crisis: Greens demand immediate measures for schools!

Wien, Österreich - On March 27, 2025, the Viennese Greens found a press conference to request urgent changes in the field of education. The focus was on the current challenges that schools and educational institutions look for. With regard to the recently published plans of the federal government, the Greens described the situation as a "Viennese educational crisis" and called for a comprehensive immediate package for schools in the city.

Judith Pühringer, the non -managing city councilor, explained the central problems. She criticized Christoph Return as a city council of education and spoke of "thousands of stolen educational opportunities" for children in Vienna. A key point of criticism is that many children in Viennese kindergartens do not speak sufficiently German, which significantly impairs integration and educational opportunities.

The demands of the Greens

The Greens have made specific claims to fix the acute emergency. These include:

• 1,000 additional German supporters for Austrian kindergartens,
• 400 additional teachers for German funding at schools,
• 200 additional school psychologists.

For Vienna, the following requirements arise:

• 500 additional German supporters for kindergartens,
• 200 additional teachers for German funding at Viennese schools,
• 100 additional school social workers.

Pühringer emphasized how important it was to relieve the teachers of non-trained activities in order to significantly improve the educational and life opportunities of all children.

context and educational report

These claims are related to the National Education Report 2021, which was published by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF). The report addresses essential challenges in the Austrian education system and is based on comprehensive cooperation with scientists. It is divided into three parts that offer information on educational controlling and educational indicators.

The urgent situation in schools and the demands of the Greens come to find adequate solutions at a time when the Austrian school system is under pressure. As the national educational report shows, profound changes are necessary to improve the status quo. The BMBWF offers extensive materials for more information on the educational report and its content and is a valuable source of information.