Dresden's school building in the crisis: millions of investments on the brink!

Dresden's school building in the crisis: millions of investments on the brink!

Dresden, Deutschland - What is going on in school building? Dresden has invested vigorously in its school buildings in recent years. Billions flowed into the renovation of ailing school houses as well as the new construction of important projects such as the school campus Pieschen and the double location Tolkewitz. But the good news could end soon - the Free State has set the funding for school building to zero, which endangers the plans for the next few years. School mayor Jan Donhauser emphasizes: "I will fight" for preserving these means, because he faces the challenge of having to disappoint many hopes and difficult decisions in the city council.

The new 101st high school on the cocker meadow is almost finished, but the construction is stalled without financial basis. In view of this situation, it becomes clear that the interface between architects, educators and decision -makers is more important than ever. Barbara Pampe and Meike Kricke from the Monday Foundation Youth and Society underline the need to unite architecture and pedagogy in order to create sustainable school buildings that meet the needs of students and teachers. Money alone cannot be the solution; A rethink of investments is required.

school building as a task for society as a whole

The information about school construction in Germany is diverse and show that there is a need for action not only in Dresden, but nationwide. Each federal state has its own guidelines and funding programs that support school construction (educational server reports that ...). In Baden-Württemberg, municipal and private school authorities are responsible, while a school building offensive was decided in Berlin in 2017 to improve the infrastructures.

A central point of the discussion is the investment backlog in school building, which endangers the quality of teaching and learning. The Association of Education and Education (VBE) therefore demands that the assignment of funding to be tied to central quality criteria. This could result in a long overdue structural change in the educational landscape and significantly improve efficiency in the use of funds.

The challenges of the future

With an increase in number of students in cities like Hamburg around 40,000 by 2030, we are all required to make the school infrastructure sustainable. The federal-state working group has complained and a clear goal with the position paper: School construction should act as a booster for pedagogical development. This means not only to carry out new buildings and renovations, but also to improve the qualities of the rooms with regard to the lessons.

In Dresden, the expansion by eleven drinking fountain ensures better care for the students with free liquid, which is a small ray of hope in an otherwise dark school building chapter. However, the city lacks the money and the right concepts in order to master the upcoming challenges.

With all of these factors, from financing to quality to practical implementation, school building remains a central and currently urgent topic that concerns and affects all of us.

In times when the education system changes rapidly, it should be clear: school construction not only means walls and roofs, but much more - it is about the future, education and the well -being of the next generations.

For further information about school construction and funding programs in Germany, the publicly accessible data are available under the addresses of the educational servers or on the VBE website, which provides numerous helpful resources.

Further details on these training and construction work as well as their progress can be found on , BildungsServer.de and VBE.de