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The President of the German Teachers Association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, considers the Corona “catch-up program” initiated by the federal government to finance private tutoring as “absolutely inadequate”. One billion euros is earmarked for this. "Without a massive increase in these funds through additional country programs of at least the same, but preferably three times the amount, the funding measures will not really take effect," said the head of the association of the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" (Thursday). Now the federal states are obliged to adopt additional packages of measures very quickly.
The federal cabinet decided on Wednesday a two billion euro Corona “catch-up program” for children and young people. The program consists of two pillars: Around one billion euros are to be invested in tutoring and support programs for schoolchildren. Another billion is earmarked for topping up various social projects that support children, young people and families in order to cushion the consequences of the crisis in this area as well. The money should flow this and next year and cushion the consequences of the corona measures as best as possible.
"A country like the Netherlands alone spends a multiple of its financial resources on securing educational opportunities after Corona, despite a significantly lower population compared to Germany," said Meidinger.
He was also disappointed that no more detailed information on the design of the programs was available.
Time is of the essence.
"In six weeks, the summer holidays will start in some federal states."
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It is assumed that around a quarter of the around eleven million students in Germany have to catch up with learning delays because they were hardly or only poorly reached with so-called distance learning.
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