Erfurt (dpa/th) - A good seven months after the start of the Ukraine war, the schools in Thuringia took in more than 4,400 refugee children and young people from the country attacked by Russia. The Conference of Ministers of Education (KMK) gave the number of 4454 children on Thursday. More than 120 of them attend a vocational school, so the vast majority were admitted to general education schools.
So far, most students have found accommodation in North Rhine-Westphalia (36,558), Bavaria (29,014) and Baden-Württemberg (26,573). The numbers have risen steadily since the war began in February. According to information from educational and teacher associations, the development is further exacerbating the shortage of teachers in Germany. There are a total of around eleven million schoolchildren in this country.
