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All-day schools: Message – Conference of Ministers of Education: Forward-looking country agreement


Statement by KMK President Dr. Hubig on the results of the talks in the Chancellery: The goal is a digital educational infrastructure that can compete with leading international standards.


At its 371st plenary session on October 15, 2020, the KMK passed a state agreement on the common basic structure of the school system and the state responsibility of the states in central educational policy issues and will present this to the Prime Minister’s Conference in the next step.

A total of 44 articles describe central questions of quality assurance, overarching principles of education and training in the federal states, the tasks of those involved in schools, general regulations such as holiday regulations, the structure and organization of the school system and questions of teacher training.

Dr. Stefanie Hubig, President of the Conference of Education Ministers and Education Minister for Rhineland-Palatinate: “Today is a historic day for education in Germany. With the country agreement and with the Permanent Scientific Commission, the KMK has made groundbreaking decisions that will have an impact far beyond the present day and will sustainably strengthen Germany as an educational location. People want more uniformity in education, and we are doing it. We are submitting a country agreement that clearly recognizes the cooperation between the countries and leads us to greater transparency, reliability and comparability. The focus is on the quality and further development of the entire educational system. It was a feat of strength for everyone involved, but we did it – in addition to managing a crisis that post-war Germany has never seen before. The results of today’s KMK meeting show that German educational federalism is strong. The country agreement emphasizes the common structure of the education system in Germany and the will to grow together even more across the entire educational chain. “

Susanne Eisenmann, Baden-Württemberg’s Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs and coordinator of the Union-led education ministries: “With the agreement, we are creating more commitment in the cross-border responsibility for education. Quality – comparability – transparency. These are our common goals that have guided us from the start. After intensive negotiations, we have agreed on uniform international standards and binding regulations in education. This is an important step to make the strengths of our federal education system efficient for the future. ”

Particularly noteworthy is that with the agreement of the federal states, a “Permanent Scientific Commission of the Conference of Ministers of Education” is set up. The task of this institution is to advise the federal states on issues relating to the further development of the education system and how to deal with its challenges, in particular in terms of ensuring and developing quality, improving the comparability of the educational system and developing medium and long-term strategies for the federal states educational topics relevant in their entirety. The Permanent Scientific Commission takes an interdisciplinary, long-term, systemic perspective along the educational biography. It will initially be set up for a limited period. The continuation of the facility will be decided on the basis of an evaluation. Further details are regulated by an administrative agreement.

In connection with the state agreement, the states have agreed to a series of “Political projects“Agreed that will be implemented in the next few years. They range from quality assurance and the “Education in the digital world” strategy to agreements for school levels and improving the quality of teacher training.

Source and full press release: Conference of Ministers of Education

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