Parents in Brandenburg fight against school cuts-act now!

Parents in Brandenburg fight against school cuts-act now!

Potsdam, Deutschland - In Brandenburg it is bubbling! Today, on June 16, 2025, the focus is on planned cuts in the education sector, while the state parliament advises on the double budget 2025/2026. Before the decisive vote, the parents went to the barricades and increase the pressure on MPs and the state government. After all, it is about the future of our children, and this is an important concern for parents. Ulrike Mauersberger, spokeswoman for the State Parental Council, urges not to agree to the state parliamentarians not to agree to the savings, since in schools there is already a lack of every corners and corner.

Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) sees himself as responsibility and urgently needs to provide the necessary funds in order to secure the quality of the schools. In the next few days there will be talk about the controversial draft budget, which provides for cuts in the areas of teaching positions and conveyor lessons in particular. It is also planned to increase the obligation to teach teachers, which could possibly lead to sub -transactions. Mauersberger criticizes the "disastrous location" in the schools and complains that there is a lack of information about the job cuts.

protests and petitions

The reactions of the parents are unmistakable: an online petition of the state parents' council has already collected almost 17,000 signatures. This is to be handed over to Landtag President Ulrike Liedtke on Wednesday. The claim is clear: no cuts in funding, all -day operation and teachers. As the author of the petition, a concerned mother of a primary school child at the primary school "Am Pekenberg" in Zülichendorf appears. She also criticizes the planned measures that not only include the reduction of special education funding, but also provide restrictions on joint lessons and language support for foreign language children. These incisions are regarded by the parents as a massive attack on equal opportunities in the education system.

The parents agree: the pressure on schools must not increase further. Due to the intended cuts, teachers would already be overloaded, so that they would have to do representation lessons without additional resources. "We are not ready to accept the deterioration in school conditions," emphasizes Mauersberger.

The support from the CDU

The CDU parliamentary group is solidarity with the demands of the parents and criticizes the government's savings plans as irresponsible. Education Minister Steffen Freiberg (SPD) admits that there could be cuts in the coming school year, but this depends on the budget decision. He defends the cuts and describes a lesson of 2.2 percent in the first half of 2024/2025 as "justifiable". But from the point of view of the parents and teachers, every lost day of class is too much.

The uncertain future of the area of ​​education in Brandenburg remains a hot topic, while the members of the state parliament have to coordinate in the coming days. Many are wondering: How will the government react to the urgent appeals of the parents? The next few days are likely to be revealing and the course for the education policy of the coming years.

For current information on education topics and other developments in Brandenburg, it makes sense to access the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. Because the future of our children and schools now depends crucially on the decisions of the politicians.