Viennese schools in the crisis: mobile classes against school growth!

Viennese schools in the crisis: mobile classes against school growth!

Wien, Österreich - Vienna's schools are in alarm state! The pressure on the education system is growing rapidly, especially due to the increasing number of students by the influx of families, especially from crisis regions such as Syria and Ukraine. According to kosmo.at , an increase was recorded by 1,300 students in the school year 2022/23 alone, followed by amazing 3,200 the following year. Another increase of around 2,300 students is expected for the current school year, many of them without school experience. The educational directorate reacted immediately to these developments and installed 45 new mobile classes to solve the urgent space problems in schools.

urgent need for school places and adjustments

The educational directorate for Vienna, under the direction of court councilor Elisabeth Fuchs, is responsible for more than 700 schools and around 242,000 students. Despite its efforts, the temporary stop of the family reunification, which is currently being discussed by the government, should only offer short -term relief. The continuous increase in the number of students requires further measures: for example, class sizes in overcrowded classes are to be reduced, while a voluntary 11th and 12th school year for young people with disabilities is also introduced. However, the big challenge remains the creation of new school rooms to meet the drastic increase in demand.

The facts speak for themselves: Since 2015, more than 25,000 new compulsory students in Vienna have been added, which resulted in a need for childcare for over 1,200 new school classes. The educational directorate made it clear that the mobile classes are actually necessary to meet the increasingly pressing requirements and that they were not "built unnecessarily". The process for the full use of these container classes will take up to four years to quickly adapt to the growing number of pupils, remains more urgent than Education-wien.gv.at