Class trips in Berlin: Educational Senator explains booking stop until November

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Find out in our article why Berlin's educational senator Katharina Günther-Lüsch (CDU) defends the booking stop for school trips until the end of November. The background is required savings of three billion euros in the coming year. Read more about the effects on schools and the planned measures for household consolidation.
Find out in our article why Berlin's educational senator Katharina Günther-Lüsch (CDU) defends the booking stop for school trips until the end of November. The background is required savings of three billion euros in the coming year. Read more about the effects on schools and the planned measures for household consolidation. (Symbolbild/MB)

In a courageous step for the Berlin school budget, educational senator Katharina Günther-Wünsch (CDU) imposed a controversial booking stop for school trips. By the end of November, schools in the capital are not allowed to plan any excursions for the time being! A slap in the face for many students and teachers who rely on adventures and learning trips!

The decision is made in a nerve -wracking time when Berlin urges to enforce draconian savings. In the RBB24 Inforadio, the senator made it clear that this stop does not take place out of a mood, but would be due to urgently needed financial measures. Finance senator Stefan Evers (CDU) made it unequivocally clear to all departments: saving is the order of the day!

fight for the Berlin budget

"Our schools cannot do any financial services and bookings for 2025 by November 30-this applies to all specialist administrations!" Explained Günther-Lüsch in emphasis. The reason: A massive savings goal of three billion euros in the coming year is pending. The black and red coalition has placed the bar, and if you are not careful, you will soon be there without financial resources!

The educational senator emphasizes that every measure serves to consolidate the budget. But the question remains: What will become of the beloved school trips that are an indispensable experience for many students? "What will become with the school trips after November 30th is now the challenge that we have to tackle together," says the senator.

a strict measure, but is it justified? This remains a hot topic of discussion in public. The complete interview recording with further details on this fateful decision is available here!