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Hanover (dpa / lni) - The provision of lessons at Lower Saxony's schools has statistically worsened slightly this school year compared to last year.

The value fell for all school types added up to 99 percent after 99.6 percent in the previous school year, as the Ministry of Culture in Hanover announced on Monday.

The provision of lessons remains the best in primary schools (101.5 percent), followed by grammar schools (100.2 percent), comprehensive schools (98.9 percent) and secondary schools (98 percent).

At the bottom of the list are secondary schools (96.1 percent), secondary schools (93.7 percent) and special schools (93.2 percent.)

The statistics show whether there are enough teachers at the respective schools for the calculated number of teaching hours.

Values ​​of more than 100 percent result if teachers are available for additional offers or, for example, substitute hours in addition to the mandatory offer.

The statistics do not record whether lessons are canceled due to illness or whether lessons are taking place in digital format or sometimes not at all due to the current Corona crisis.

The ministry justified the slight decrease in the provision of lessons with an increase in the number of pupils and the additional hours with which teachers perform special school tasks, such as language training.

Against this background, the provision of lessons is satisfactory.

Once again, more teachers could have been hired than teachers mostly left through retirement.

2352 departing teachers faced 3242 new appointments.

In the recruitment process for the second half of the school year beginning this week, over 83 percent of the advertised positions could have been filled.

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The education and science union (GEW) described the supply as inadequate.

The lesson table is only covered at least theoretically from around 105 percent, because then a buffer for illness or parental leave would be possible, said GEW country manager Laura Pooth.

"In most schools, the inadequate provision of lessons remains a sad reality."

The situation at special schools and secondary schools is particularly dramatic.

The education expert of the FDP in the state parliament, Björn Försterling, gave the Ministry of Education a bad report.

"The minister of education still cannot get a grip on the provision of lessons."

The lack of teaching staff also makes teaching extremely difficult during the corona epidemic.

"It is particularly painful that where teachers are particularly needed for the educational success of their students - for example at secondary schools and special needs schools - the provision of lessons falls far short of the requirements than it already has."

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210201-99-258097 / 2

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