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Hanover (dpa / lni) - After confusing statements from Minister of Education Grant Hendrik Tonne (SPD) on the question of school openings in the Corona crisis, CDU state parliamentary group leader Dirk Toepffer criticized the minister.

"I think he has to act and communicate a little more cautiously," Toepffer said on Friday in Hanover.

Tonne's speculations about school openings after the more generous federal regulation in May had obviously not been coordinated with the government.

Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) had previously announced that he would stick to the stricter national course. "I think the minister of education has to be very, very careful," Toepffer remarked. Basically, Minister Tonne is doing a good job in the Corona crisis, "but he is developing into someone who does not communicate". This creates confusion on the matter. "The most important thing in fighting a pandemic is the acceptance of government measures."

Government spokeswoman Anke Pörksen said on Friday that Lower Saxony will initially continue to switch to distance learning from a seven-day incidence of 100.

"It will stay that way for the foreseeable future, specifically no change is foreseeable."

Tonne had expressed the hope in two newspaper interviews on Thursday that from mid-May up to a seven-day incidence of 165, as the federal rules in force from Saturday allow, to switch to face-to-face teaching.

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Criticism of a loose course at school closings also came from the Education and Science Union (GEW).

"The GEW would have no understanding if there were actually deviations from the plans for school closings and openings set in Lower Saxony," said state chairwoman Laura Pooth.

"School employees, parents and their children finally need reliability for health protection and teaching."

Another dodging course hurts everyone involved.

"The influence of the federal level with the presumably rolled incidence value of 165 is anything but helpful for planning security."

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