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Berlin (dpa) - The President of the German Teachers' Association, Heinz-Peter Meidinger, is optimistic that the schools can return to normal classes after the summer vacation.

"I expect that the third wave will not be followed by a fourth and that the next school year will be able to start the next school year with continuously falling incidences and further vaccination advances," said Meidinger of "Welt".

At least for the older students there is a real chance of being vaccinated by then.

"We also advocate vaccination campaigns in schools in order to create a low-threshold offer for students and teachers," emphasized Meidinger.

However, this is followed by the question of how school operations can be organized alongside vaccinated and unvaccinated students and teachers.

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These included questions such as: “What happens if parents do not want their child to be taught by an unvaccinated teacher?

Are unvaccinated students allowed on class trips and in the theater group?

Can I ask vaccinated people to wear a mask? "

He firmly expects that there will be a political debate about compulsory vaccination for teachers, said Meidinger.

The teachers' association is against compulsory vaccination.

In his opinion, however, the state would have the handle to do this with civil servants and the corresponding legal regulations.

Meidinger calls for concepts to be developed now to make up for learning deficits.

"Before the summer holidays we need a survey of the level of learning in the core subjects in order to be able to assess the need for support and to be able to hold appropriate counseling discussions with the parents."

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Overall, according to the teachers' association, the almost eleven million schoolchildren in Germany have had to forego around half of the school hours in face-to-face classes since the beginning of the corona pandemic.

Since March 2020, an average of between 350 and 800 hours of face-to-face lessons have been canceled for each student, Meidinger told the "Bild".

"That is probably half a school year on average."

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