Dispute over booklets: Parents demand clarity in Schwerin!

Dispute over booklets: Parents demand clarity in Schwerin!

In Schwerin it rumbles tremendously: a dispute between the city parent council and the city about the use of booklet in schools ensures a lot of ignition material. The focus of the discussion is how the costs for teaching aids should be regulated. The city parent council calls on the city to rethink the practice of the booklet and to offer a regular cost contribution via notices. This is at least the message of nordkurier.de.

The city administration in turn remains calm and defends the possibility that parents get workbooks independently. A city spokeswoman has made it clear that one wanted to avoid bureaucratic expenses and therefore would like to do without a statute to regulate the liberation process. However, the Ministry of Education clearly sees the responsibility among the school providers to create measures to procure learning aids. Pupils at schools in public sponsorship therefore receive the most important books and prints free of charge, but only as a loan. However, materials that consume or remain in the possession of the children are not covered.

special regulations for materials

A sticking point in the conflict is the parents' own contribution, which is a maximum of 30.86 euros per child and school year. It becomes critical in cases where the required materials are more expensive than this grant. A concerned mother has made it clear that the cost calculation for the required utensils is not transparent enough and is annoyed by the practice that makes it difficult for the parents to keep an overview.

The responsibility of the schools

also remains exciting how schools select their teaching and learning tools. Each Institution has the last word here, which can often lead to different standards. The specialist conferences of each school decide which materials are used in class. In this way, responsibility for the teaching materials is not delegated to the school authorities, but also to the schools themselves.