Viennese schools in transition: measures against violence and suspenders!

Viennese schools in transition: measures against violence and suspenders!

Wien, Österreich - The Viennese mayor and city councilor Christoph Return (NEOS) calls for a comprehensive reform in the field of suspenders in schools. With clear words he emphasizes: "It is an illusion to believe that after a suspension everything fits." This fundamental knowledge has led to the development of a package of measures that aims specifically at the needs of young people that have increasingly become the visor of police and school supervision in recent years. The current decline in 386 to 338 in the first semester of the current school year shows that changes are necessary to address aggressive behavior, reports News.at .

consequences instead of prison

Return criticizes the currently missing resources in order to work effectively with the affected students. The suspension, which usually lasts between two and five days, is not assessed as a suitable measure because it does not provide a learning effect. This is also underlined by the Viennese education director Elisabeth Fuchs, who sees suspension more as a security measure. A central element of the reform is a specially developed program for criminal intensive offenders, which is aimed at around 20 children under the age of 14 who have committed several serious offenses. 500,000 euros are estimated to look after these children in cooperation with the police and youth welfare. In addition, the financial resources of an existing training program for conspicuous students are also increased to 535,000 euros, as krone.at

Another important concern is the increased cooperation with the association Derad, which looks after people with radical ideas. In an increasingly digitized environment in which Salafist online movements gain influence, it is vital that teachers can take advantage of this support without risking their own stress. In addition, the city plans to expand "fish" classes (families in schools) to 300 places in order to help parents and children together with behavioral problems and to offer them support for education. Maximilian Krauss from the FPÖ criticizes the package of measures as a "patchwork" and demands more extensive reforms that should have been initiated earlier.