RBB (public TV in Berlin) brought up this topic on Covid-19 and education today.
There's apparently been a lot of discussion over marginal advancement in education with German school kids (grades 1 to 10), and politicians are in the middle of this. A draft law has been created locally (affecting Berlin-City itself).
The draft basically says that if the kid (with the parents signing the note) believes they haven't really wrapped up where they should be (in the educational sense), then they could repeat the entire past year again.
Amount of cost? Unknown. No one has spoken to this topic.
Consultation of the teachers and school officials? Well, in some way....this is also built into the system, and they could deny the request.
An issue nationally? Some educational officials are saying yes. But you have to remember....education is one of those topics in Germany which is handled state by state, and federal officials don't really fit into the topic.
How many kids would do this? That's another unknown. My humble guess is that it might go as high as twenty-five percent.
If you said 'no' and persisted to move into the next grade in August? Well....if you suddenly woke up in some class by September and realized that you are marginally ready for this level of work, then what?
Some angle to this being called the 'lost year'? That would be my gut feeling over the mess.
If the virus upswing were to occur again in October, and another cutback on classes were to occur? No one really discusses this angle of the discussion.
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