Political dispute over school measures: AfD and court in focus!

Political dispute over school measures: AfD and court in focus!

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a heated dispute over state influence in schools causes excitement. A debate in the state parliament revolves around two current cases, which were classified as illegal by the Greifswald administrative court. This discussion was largely initiated by the AfD, which particularly addressed an incident from Ribnitz-Damgarten. It is about serious allegations and the fundamental question of how much influence the state should take on school life.

In the first case, it was a 16-year-old student who had published "state protection-relevant content" online. She was then brought out of class for a prevention discussion. The second incident occurred in an Auschwitz memorial, where a ninth grader presumably showed the right-wing extremist "white power" gesture and received a reference. In both cases, the administrative court ruled that the measures taken were illegal, which for the AfD is proof of the influence of politics in schools. NDR reported that during the debate Interior Minister Christian Pegel (SPD) emphasized that the measures were not fundamentally inadmissible, but only must be considered disproportionate.

political exchange of blows

The reactions to the decision of the administrative court illustrate the political tensions. While the AfD takes advantage of these individual cases to complain about a political influence, the CDU sees a clear point of view in Pegel's argument: there are no state indoctrinative measures in schools. MP Torsten Renz (CDU) also criticized Education Minister Sabine Oldenburg (Die Linke) for her public statement on the case of the ninth grader.

But not only the political power games are remarkable. Another interesting aspect is that unknown access to an internal network of the high school in Ribnitz-Damgarten. This raises additional questions about security measures and the protection of sensitive data in schools. Topics school policies and their implementation again in focus.