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Berlin (dpa) - According to Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), the planned legal right to a full-day place at primary schools in Germany is to be introduced gradually from 2025.
By the year 2029, it should then be implemented “growing up” in the whole of Germany, said Merkel on Wednesday after consultations with the prime ministers of the federal states.
In the coalition agreement, the Union and the SPD had agreed to introduce such a legal right for primary school children by 2025.
Because of the necessary expansion of schools and premises and the expected massive increase in personnel costs for additional care personnel, there was a long dispute between the federal and state governments about the financing, which has still not been resolved.
The expansion of around 15,000 primary schools is estimated to cost five to seven billion euros.
In addition, there are projected ongoing operating costs of up to four billion euros per year.
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As things stand, the federal government wants to give 3.5 billion euros.
The countries are demanding more support.
According to Merkel, a working group will now deal with this again.
But she is hopeful that this last hurdle will be overcome, said the Chancellor.
"Many parents would like us to make progress here," said Federal Family Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD) on Wednesday.
"There must now be a final agreement quickly so that the legal claim can still be decided in this legislature."
Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller (SPD), current chairman of the Prime Minister's Conference, said after the deliberations that there is every chance of achieving good results in the first quarter of 2021.
It is very, very important that after the care in the day care center that can also take place in the school, said Bavaria's Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU).
The German trade union federation had put pressure on the talks on Wednesday and asked the prime ministers and the federal government to come to an agreement.
“Good education and care are lifelines for families and for our society - the Corona crisis has once again confirmed this.
That is why it is important that another social milestone that this coalition had set for itself is now taken, »said DGB deputy chairman Elke Hannack.
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The DGB also calls for a specialist offensive for teaching, social and educational professions.
A study by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg has shown that more than 33,000 additional teachers will be needed for the new all-day places to be created.
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