Vienna's schools in the alarm state: Almost half cannot German!

Vienna's schools in the alarm state: Almost half cannot German!

Favoriten, Wien, Österreich - The Viennese ÖVP criticizes the alarming numbers to the students who cannot adequately follow in class due to insufficient knowledge of German. Almost half of the first class children are affected, which puts education policy in Vienna in the spotlight. The VP chairman, Mahrer, commented on this worrying Situation and emphasized: "These numbers are more than dramatic". The NEOs are also concerned and have repeatedly demanded language support and mandatory summer German courses for more means.

The situation is particularly precarious in the favorite favorite district: Here, legendary 63.1 percent of the first graders have an extraordinary status. Mahrer criticized the "failure in the pre -school area", which he sees as the main responsible for the high emergence of these students, since many children have already spent two years in kindergarten. He called for a more precise examination of German funding measures, which, according to the education spokesman, are often ineffective. Many children would never have seen a language promotion, which the targeted improvements in language support, as well as wien.orf.at reported.

political answers and future steps

In order to counteract the grievance, the Vienna city government plans to carry out measures to improve language support, such as for three years of children. These suggestions were brought in to the local council over a year ago, but still seem to wait for echo. Mahrer announced that the talks with SPÖ and NEOS are "very, very good" about the coalition talks. Return Education City Councilor has announced that he would also like to contribute these concerns to the negotiations on federal politics. The urgency of a reform in language support is therefore becoming increasingly clear, while the problem of the linguistic disadvantage of children in Vienna continues to exist.