Auditors confirmed Reform course: Teacher crisis finally requires action!

Auditors confirmed Reform course: Teacher crisis finally requires action!

Oberösterreich, Österreich - The new report of the Auditors' Upon Teaching Personnel Use, published today, confirms the reform course of Minister of Education Christoph Return. NEOS training spokeswoman Martina von Künsberg Sarre expresses a positive statement about the reforms initiated, which aim to improve the situation in the education sector. The lack of teachers have been known since 2009, and the NEOS has been demanding fundamental structural reforms in the education system for years.

The reviews on the existing system are unmistakable. Above all, short -term solutions such as additional services, special contracts and the use of non -specialist teachers endanger the quality of teaching. "The challenges are clear and require ambitious measures to overcome the shortage of teachers," emphasizes von Künsberg Sarre.

Criticism of a lack of reforms

The Court of Auditors criticizes the Ministry of Education for its poor use of the lack of teachers. The problems have been known since 2009, but there have been no extensive measures. A lack of teachers was often compensated for by the allocation of additional services and the employment of teachers without subject -specific qualifications, which puts the teaching quality in danger. Although the "Great Job" initiative was praised from 2022, only 700 out of 2,400 approved people were won in the teaching profession in the long term.

The Auditors examined schools in Upper Austria and Tyrol between 2018 and 2024. He found that the ministry's forecast model is insufficient. The forecasts for the distribution of the subjects apply only to federal schools and not to compulsory schools. In view of these circumstances, the teacher trade unionist Paul Kimberger expresses his resentment about the inactive reforms and describes the situation as a "huge problem".

reactions and plans

Education Minister Christoph Return took the recommendations of the Ernst and is planning a comprehensive review of the situation. His goal is to increase the attractiveness of the teaching profession and to remedy the shortage of teachers until the end of the legislative period. Planned reforms contain more practical shares in the course, optimized personnel controlling and professionalization of the transition.

The report of the Court of Auditors, which reveals a clear need for action, also takes a look at the framework conditions in the teaching profession, which are increasingly unattractive for young people. This could also make recruitment of future teachers more difficult.

In addition, there are similar challenges in Germany. In the brochure "Teaching Implementation - Strengthened to the Future?!", Which was published in June 2023, trends from the formation of teaching and reform approaches such as the "Master Plan - redesigning teacher training" are presented. These underline the need to find new ways in teacher training in order to increase the diversity in the education sector.

The problems related to the shortage of teachers are complex and require holistic solutions that not only have to include short -term measures but long -term strategies. A sustainable improvement in the framework conditions could be crucial for the future of the teacher profession, in Austria as well as in Germany.

Further information and details can be found in the reports of the Court of Auditors and the publications on the formation of teaching: [OTS reports that…] (https://www.ots.at/presseausendung/ots_20250523_ots0087/NOS-RH-Bericht-bersen- Bestaeta- Fuer Reform course) [My district leads out that …] (Https://www.meinbezirk.at/c-politik/ruchhof-bildungsministerium-wegen- Lehrermangels_a7337942), [Monitor formation of teachers describes that…] (https://www.monitor- LehrkraefteBildung.de/schwerpunkte/ Lehrkraefte-im-wandel/).