Education consultant Mark Rackles says Germany's teacher training system needs to be turned inside out. His proposals would involve a radical upheaval of previous standards.
The traineeship following the teacher training course will no longer exist in the usual way. Almost 270,000 students are currently studying to become teachers – an increase of almost 14 percent compared to ten years ago.. Rackles concludes that the federal states should aim for 40 percent more teaching graduates and increase their teaching places accordingly. According to current state planning, capacities would be expanded by 11.2 percent across all teaching professions - nationwide.