Halle (dpa/sa) – The state parliamentary group leader of the Greens, Cornelia Lüddemann, has sharply criticized the planned so-called 4-plus-1 school model. It would be a capitulation to the current situation in the country’s education system, she said at the state party conference of the Greens on Saturday in Halle. The attempt was a “slap in the face to those who work their ass off” to keep the school system running.
Saxony-Anhalt’s Ministry of Education announced during the week that it would test a model with four face-to-face teaching days per week and one day for distance learning or practical days in companies at a dozen schools. The basis is a decision by the state parliament to test new models for organizing lessons in schools.
The schools would have responded to a corresponding call for tenders. However, the ministry does not see the model as an instrument against a shortage of teachers. Specifically, the 4-plus-1 model is to be tested at twelve secondary and community schools in the new 2022/23 school year.
