Demonstration by Students in Schwerin: Push for Educational Changes Called for by Pupils - School reform demonstration in Schwerin: Students push for educational changes
In Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, students are set to assemble today at 11:00 AM for an education protest. The state student council has issued a call to action, asserting that the current state of schools does not meet today's requirements.
The organizers underscore the rise in anxiety and eating disorders among children and youth as a primary concern. Furthermore, the German Pisa results reveal the necessity for educational reform. The student council has outlined several demands, such as the introduction of resilience training and stress management as a subject, reforming the grading system for talent areas like sports, music, and art, allowing students to opt for Abitur after 12 or 13 years of school, expanding democracy and media education, and abolishing written homework.
The Education and Science Union (GEW), representing many teachers, has acknowledged and lauded the students' active participation in the democratic process and their contribution to the discourse on a modern educational system. The union shares some of the students' demands.
Regional protests like this are part of a nationwide conversation regarding proposed changes in the German education system. Recent discussions have revolved around curriculum modifications, compulsory visits to historical sites, and reforms that aim to heighten educational quality and awareness[1]. However, without specific details from the sources, the precise list of demands presented by the students in Schwerin remains unclear[2].
- The student council's demands, including the introduction of resilience training and stress management, reform of the talent area grading system, allowing Abitur after 12 or 13 years of school, expanding democracy and media education, and abolishing written homework, align with the nationwide community policy discussions focusing on curriculum modifications and educational quality.
- The proposed vocational training programs, a potential solution to address the rising anxiety and eating disorders among children and youth, are currently missing from the general-news discourse surrounding the education-and-self-development protests and the German Pisa results.
