Erfurt (dpa/th) – The Thuringian Teachers’ Association (tlv) has spoken out against a compulsory two-track system for primary and regular schools. “It would mean longer trips for the students,” said tlv spokesman Tim Reukauf on Friday at the sidelines of a hearing in the Thuringian state parliament. The background is a draft law by the parliamentary groups of the Left, SPD and Greens, according to which elementary and mainstream schools would have to be run with at least two classes, i.e. with at least two classes per grade level.
The opposition CDU had already warned of school closures as a result of this regulation. According to the draft on school cooperation, small schools that cannot meet the requirement should be able to avert closure. Such cooperation models aim to enable schools to share teachers. The Thuringian district council had also criticized the proposal.
Reukauf questioned what benefits the school cooperation should bring. “Teachers can also be seconded now,” he said. It is already a reality that teachers teach at several schools.
