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Wiesbaden (dpa / lhe) - In order to compensate for the students' learning deficits from the corona pandemic, Hesse's schools are to receive more money from the state. The Minister of Culture Alexander Lorz (CDU) announced on Thursday in the state parliament in Wiesbaden. "We will provide all schools with funds to increase their school budgets," he said. "Because that is the silver bullet for me." This would enable the local schools to take and finance the measures that they considered useful and necessary. This could be additional remedial courses or homework help, for example.
The pandemic has led to a high level of stress, especially for children and young people, emphasized Lorz.
It is all the more important to keep an eye on schools.
It is not just about learning backlogs, but also the lack of social contact and exercise is a problem for the children and young people.
Compensating for this is a "task for society as a whole," said the minister.
The problem must be approached very fundamentally and with perseverance.
The members of parliament agreed across factions that schoolchildren must be supported in compensating for corona learning delays.
However, the opposition accused the state government of not tackling the problem consistently.
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SPD education expert Christoph Degen said 243,000 young people from grade seven had not been to school since mid-December. "The coronavirus has left psychological marks on so many that you certainly cannot wipe away with a few learning camps." It shouldn't just be about working through learning backlogs, but also looking at psychological and social problems, said Degen. In the country, however, there is hesitation and hesitation in the urgently needed corona catch-up program.
The education policy spokeswoman for the left-wing parliamentary group, Elisabeth Kula, said: "The agreement between the federal and state governments to provide one billion euros for tutoring falls far too short and will hardly reach those who need support most."
Concepts for individual support and offers for psychosocial problems should have long been developed.
The AfD MP Dimitri Schulz suggested school-specific supplementary lessons.
Face-to-face teaching must be the first choice.
After six months, the quality of the supplementary classes should be checked with tests, Schulz said.
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"The schools are in a state of emergency, the changes to the Infection Protection Act have essentially led to a lockdown for children, and child and adolescent psychologists have been sounding the alarm for months," said FDP education expert Moritz Promny.
The Liberals propose, among other things, the “Open School Concept”.
Then pupils, who, according to their teachers, were suffering particularly from the closings, were given a job in the school as well as the necessary infrastructure and contact persons.
In addition, «digital school years» should be made available online so that students can catch up on missed material.
There could also be support from students who, as “learning buddies”, support weaker students - and who then have this performance credited towards their studies.
"For months there has been discussion about learning gaps, but the state government has not acted resolutely enough," said Promny.
The arrears have not even been collected.
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