Education Monitor 2025: MV is improving, but there is still a lot to do!

Education Monitor 2025: MV is improving, but there is still a lot to do!

The latest education monitor from the New Social Market Economy Initiative (INSM) shows the education system in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MV) from both its positive and less positive sides. As the Borken newspaper reported, MV is in the middle of the field in a comparison of the federal states and has improved from 13th place to 9th place year-on-year. This is remarkable progress, indicating improvement in 16 states.

But what does that mean specifically? The Education Monitor assesses various aspects of education systems and MV does not perform particularly well in many of them. Saxony remains unchallenged at the top, followed by Bavaria, Hamburg and Thuringia. In contrast, Bremen deteriorated and now occupies last place World highlights.

Education spending and equity

A central problem is the below-average spending on schools in MV, especially in general education schools. MV also shows the worst student-teacher ratios at vocational schools compared to the other federal states. This has a direct impact on the quality of education students receive. Despite these shortcomings, the system shows positive approaches to educational equity. The connection between social background and educational success is less pronounced in MV than in many other federal states, which gives cause for hope.

An important key figure is the rate of foreign young people eligible to study at general schools in MV, which will be 9.9% in 2023 and thus above the German average of 7.6%. However, the school dropout rate among foreign young people is 19.6%, higher than the national average of 17.8%. There is definitely a need for action here.

Dropout rates and training problems

Overall, it can be seen that a larger proportion of young people in MV leave school without a secondary school diploma (9.9% in MV versus 7.6% nationwide). What is particularly alarming is the high proportion of training contracts terminated prematurely, which is 34.1% in MV 2023, compared to the national average of 32.9%. These figures illustrate the challenges that the country's education system has to overcome.

Although MV has made progress, there are still many areas that urgently need improvement. MV’s Education Minister, Simone Oldenburg, described the education monitor as not being very meaningful for the country. This raises the question: Is it time for far-reaching reforms in our education system in order to meet the challenges of the future? The full results of the 21st Education Monitor will be published next Tuesday, and education policy in MV is certainly in focus.

For a detailed evaluation of the individual federal states and their performance in the education monitor, those interested can Statista Access the platform that provides a comprehensive overview of the results. It remains to be seen how the situation will develop and what the future holds for education in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.