Bavaria: Bavaria attracts teachers with a flat rate for moving costs

Munich (dpa / lby) - Despite the sometimes severe criticism from other federal states, the Free State of Bavaria is making progress in its attempts to recruit teachers from all over Germany.

Bavaria: Bavaria attracts teachers with a flat rate for moving costs

Munich (dpa / lby) - Despite the sometimes severe criticism from other federal states, the Free State of Bavaria is making progress in its attempts to recruit teachers from all over Germany. Bavaria wants to pay a flat-rate relocation fee for trained teachers from other federal states who decide to do their teaching in Bavaria, said Head of the State Chancellery Florian Herrmann (CSU) on Tuesday after a cabinet meeting in Munich.

In addition, the digital advisory service for potential newcomers from all over Germany will be expanded. Herrmann pointed out that salaries in Bavaria are often better than elsewhere. In salary group A 13, in which teachers at primary and secondary schools are to be grouped in addition to grammar school teachers in the future, a teacher at the beginning level earns 9400 euros more per year than in Saxony and 3800 euros more than in Baden-Württemberg.

A kind of "bush allowance" is intended to counteract the shortage of teachers in less attractive regions of the Free State. Herrmann announced on Tuesday that a regional bonus of a one-time payment of 3,000 euros will be paid out if teachers decide to work in such areas. In conurbations with high living costs, such as the state capital Munich, state aid is also available, which is available not only to teachers but also to all civil servants and is intended to help overcoming bottlenecks.

Herrmann pointed out that from the winter semester 2023/2024 there will no longer be any access restrictions for student teachers. The last two universities in the cities of Bamberg and Würzburg, where Numerus Claus rules for teaching at primary schools still apply, would give up these regulations. There is no shortage of study places in Bavaria. There are more places available at the universities than there are currently applicants, said Herrmann.