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The KMK plan envisages a three-stage process. “If the measures decided in December 2020 are relaxed, the schools must be there from the beginning,” demands the KMK. However, the ministers emphasize that it is not that far yet: in their deliberations they came to the conclusion that the blocking measures decided in December “in Germany or individual countries” should initially continue.
That means: Germany’s schools are expected to be closed longer than previously planned to contain the corona pandemic. The current closure will run until January 10. The decision on how things will proceed afterwards will not be made by the education ministers, but by Angela Merkel and the heads of government of the countries that will meet on Tuesday.
The KMK recommends agreeing to a multi-stage opening mechanism for the next few weeks. “If the situation in individual countries allows,” says the KMK, schools can gradually reopen:
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In Level one According to the plan, students in grades 1-6 must return to school first. Older adolescents remain in distance education.
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In Stage two then there should be supplemental alternate lessons in general and professional high schools beginning in the seventh grade. The goal here is a significant reduction in class size.
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First the third step provides for the full return of all students to classroom teaching.
Exceptions must be made in advance for final classes so that your exam preparation can be “adequately” accompanied. This applies to students who are aspiring to the certificate of completion of secondary school (class 10) or Abitur (class 12 or 13 depending on the type of school and the state).
Chancellor Angela Merkel and the 16 prime ministers want to decide on Tuesday whether to continue the crown’s measures. “The suspension of compulsory attendance or distance learning in schools for a longer period does not go without negative consequences for educational biographies and social participation of children and young people,” warned the ministers of Education as a precaution.
“Face-to-face teaching is and will remain the best option for successful learning,” said Baden-Württemberg Education Minister Susanne Eisenmann (CDU) on the KMK scheme. And he immediately scoffed at heads of government: “I hope the Prime Minister and Chancellor’s Conference will also take this into account.”
Dario Schramm, general secretary of the Federal Conference of Schoolchildren, was disappointed by the KMK’s decision. The result is “sobering,” says Schramm: “Again, he was unable to make clear, goal-oriented statements. The question of how we are going to start school next week has been consistently avoided.”
In the afternoon, Family Minister Franziska Giffey (SPD) spoke about daycare. He said that as part of the crown measures, child protection and educational justice must be taken into account. If the infection process allows it, nurseries should be among the first to implement relaxation.
