New curricula for teachers: better equipped for the future!

New curricula for teachers: better equipped for the future!

Vienna, Österreich - Teacher training in Austria will experience significant restructuring from 2025 that affects both future teachers and students. As vienna.at , all educational universities (ph) must now integrate new education policy focuses such as democracy formation and digitization into their curricula. The courses for prospective elementary school teachers are expanded to three years of Bachelor and two years Master, while teacher training for the secondary level (AHS, BMHS) will be shortened by one year from 2026. This is done in the context of an acute lack of teacher that underlines the need for a more flexible education system.

From autumn 2025, the school management is also obliged to take into account the courses of the students, which means a significant relief for the Bachelor graduates already in class. These may only have a reduced lesson obligation to avoid overload. It is also important to the newly introduced rule that young teachers only rise to a higher salary level if they successfully complete their master's degree within eight years.

The importance of the bachelor and master's degree

In addition to the structural changes, the bachelor's degree has also become more important, since most courses are now only offered with this conclusion, as student-online.de . Bachelor's degree is a shorter, practice -oriented course, which usually takes three to four years. The master often follows as in -depth further training and gives graduates the opportunity to doctorate. These developments form an answer to the challenges of the modern education system, which is increasingly dependent on flexibility and topicality.