Urgent shortage of teachers: Saxony plans courageous reforms for better education!

Urgent shortage of teachers: Saxony plans courageous reforms for better education!

Sachsen, Deutschland - In Saxony, the lack of teachers has become a pressing problem that affects not only schools, but also the formation of their children. In order to remedy the high lesson failure, measures are planned that should intervene deeply into the structure of the teaching profession. The considerations for the reform come from the “Bildungsland Sachsen 2030” project of the Ministry of Culture. Culture Minister Conrad Clemens (CDU) also comments and emphasizes the need to reduce the requirements for the teaching profession and create more flexibility in order to be able to better support schools. The Saxon state parliament is already discussing the planned changes that could come into force at the beginning of 2026 at the earliest, provided that the necessary adjustments to the regulation on teacher training are carried out. [MDR reports that] (https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen/bildung-demhernangel- Lehramt-faecher-oberschule-100.html).

A central aspect is the integration of graduates of the subjects of music and art that can now teach at high schools and high schools. These changes should help to alleviate the lack of teachers and at the same time maintain a wide range of subjects. The University of Fine Arts in Dresden even plans to freely choose a new master's degree in "Master of Education" for art, which should enable graduates, whether they want to spend their legal clerkship at a high school or a high school. So far, there has only been a special exception for the subject of music. However, Martin Helbig, the state chairman of the Greens in Saxony, demands that the quality of the lessons must not fall by the wayside and that it needs clear guidelines for pedagogical training to guarantee the consolidations of teacher quality.

The reality of the side entrants

Another problem that strengthens the lack of teachers in Saxony are the side entrants. In the current school year, 140 of them started training as a teacher, but terrifying 135 have already given up. This means that every fifth side entrant leaves school service prematurely. The numbers come from the Ministry of Culture and clarify that many side entrants often do not feel wanted. In comparison, a total of 1,033 teachers were hired this school year, which shows that the situation is anything but rosy. [Sächsische reports that] (https://www.saechische.de/sachsen/ Lehrerlangel-in-jeder-jedent-jedente-Seiten-Hoert-Wieder-Wieder-wrz365i4zgzxoqb2xv26e6xd4.html) a total of 3,089 side entrants have been discontinued, of which over 671 excreted from school are.

The discussion about the lack of teachers in Saxony will certainly still have many facets. What is certain is that it must now be traded so as not to endanger the formation of future generations.