Berlin starts 10 billion program for focal point schools!

Berlin starts 10 billion program for focal point schools!

Berlin, Deutschland - BUND and countries have launched an extensive ten-billion euro program to improve the educational conditions at focal schools in Germany. Berlin will play a central role here because a total of 180 schools benefit from this funding. The Berlin Education Administration recently added 118 schools to the "starting chances" program, which includes primary schools and integrated secondary schools and vocational schools. This comprehensive program will provide around 460 million euros for schools with special challenges over a period of ten years, with which every fourth school in Berlin is supported. Education Senator Katharina Günther-Lüsch (CDU) describes the program as a quality initiative to improve the basal skills of the students, the main goal of creating just educational opportunities for all students. A special focus is on strengthening the basic skills in the areas of reading, writing and arithmetic.

The "starting chances" program is part of a larger national project that includes a total of around 20 billion euros and is therefore considered the largest educational program in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. Around 4,000 schools with a high proportion of socially disadvantaged students are specifically promoted. The aim is to decouple the educational success from social background and promote educational justice. This applies in particular to the worrying numbers that show that a quarter of the children at the end of primary school cannot read, write or calculate, and every 16th student leaves school without a degree.

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The distribution of the funding is different to the twelve Berlin districts. The districts of Neukölln benefit with 17 schools and Marzahn-Hellersdorf with 15 schools. Spandau, Lichtenberg, Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Reinickendorf, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Treptow-Köpenick, Pankow and Steglitz-Zehlendorf are also integrated into the program. The selection of the funded schools is based on a nationwide social index that takes into account the social environment and the educational status of the parents, as well as the results of school comparison work.

The start of the program is scheduled for the school year 2024/25, and the initiative is intended to strengthen primary schools in focus. The funding takes place in three essential columns: investments in modern and barrier -free learning environments, chance budgets for needs -based solutions in school development and the strengthening of multi -professional teams that include specialists and social workers. The aim is to halve the number of students who miss the minimum standards in mathematics and German until the end of the program time. This is supported by a scientific support and evaluation of the program to ensure effectiveness.

The official kick-off event for the "starting chances" program will take place next Monday. The initiative is assessed by various political actors as a step to combat the educational emergency in Germany, whereby education is viewed as a key to emancipation and improving the life chances of young people. Education Senator Günther-Lüsch and many other political representatives see this program an answer to the challenges that arise from the corona pandemic and the influx of refugees, and emphasize the need for faster, efficient measures for educational justice.