Comparison of the school states: Bavaria ninth graders better than ... - Munich evening paper

Bavaria has been suspended in school compared to the states from the east. The countries now want to improve teacher training, the Bavarian Philologenverband calls for more education.

Berlin / Munich – Bavarian ninth graders are better than the national average in math and science – from the leader of Saxony but they are far away. The proceeds from the new school performance comparison of provinces by the Standing Conference presented in Berlin on Friday. Students from the Free State lies in the different subjects on the fourth (Math), sixth (chemistry and physics) and eighth (biology) across countries. In organic benefits were only slightly above the national average.

states now want to significantly improve the education and training of teachers for math and science, as the President of the Standing Conference, Stephan Dorgerloh (SPD / Saxony-Anhalt) announced. According to the study, 15 percent of teachers who teach math today, did not study this subject – you can see from the high schools

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The Bavarian Philologenverband urged to offer more classes in the subjects tested in Bavaria. How did leaders of Saxony in elementary school, for example, 20 hours in the math curriculum in Bavaria there are less four hours, said spokesman Wolfram Janke.

“Because obviously there is pent-up demand,” was also the president of the Association of Teachers BLLV, Klaus Wenzel. Especially the connection between performance and background of the students was “frightening”. But this applies to all states.

Culture Minister Louis Spaenle (CSU) described the results as “encouraging”. Students in the Free State would be in comparison to other western states as well, stressed Spaenle. Nevertheless, Bavaria has to continue efforts for a good education.

the opposition in Parliament is pleased with the performance. “But the peak position of the eastern states shows that the natural sciences must be given greater priority in Bavarian schools,” said Thomas Gehring, educational spokesperson for the Greens. The day school would also provide for practical instruction time and space. “Especially in mathematics, where most parents can not help, create a linked day schools social justice,” affirmed the educational policy spokesman of the SPD, Martin Güll.

the school settlement agreement every five new Länder top positions. Of the Western countries, only Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate could keep up. Laggards are Bremen, North Rhine-Westphalia and Hamburg.

nationwide participated in this comparative study about 1,300 schools and more than 44 000 ninth graders all types of schools. In Bavaria there were more than 2,000 students from 57 schools.

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