Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann has shown himself "deeply concerned" by the disappointing results of the new study on the performance of fourth graders in the southwest. "That's not acceptable," said the Greens on Tuesday in Stuttgart. The data will now be analyzed in detail in the government and then further measures will be taken. However, he warned against calling for additional teachers like the GEW union. It's "always the same thing. It has nothing to do with the problem." It is not about the number of teachers, but about the quality of the teaching.
The government set the course here a long time ago. Kretschmann recalled that after the crash in the 2016 study, the country founded two scientific institutes and took a number of measures to strengthen basic skills in German and math. "You can see that we have reacted to this, but we still have a lot to do." The government must focus primarily on early childhood education. However, experience has shown that it takes a very long time for the measures taken to take effect. This is a "political dilemma".
Fourth-grade students in the South West are having increasing problems with reading and listening, according to the new study released Monday. Almost every fifth child does not meet the minimum standards in German and mathematics.
