Esken promotes the “Germany Pact for Education” ()

BERLIN (dts news agency) – SPD leader Saskia Esken promoted a “German Education Pact” at the federal party conference of the Social Democrats in Berlin. The aim is to ensure that “educational disadvantages are compensated for as early as possible,” she told the delegates on Sunday. The basic skills must be reliably acquired in primary schools, and all young people with a qualified school leaving certificate must be able to make a secure transition into professional life.

“The federal and state governments should develop joint educational concepts for this,” said Esken. “They should be implemented compulsorily and they should also be jointly financed as part of the German Education Pact,” added the party leader. She is no longer willing to accept that “in this rich country there should be no money for our most important asset, the minds of the children and their education.” The main proposal for a “German Education Pact” states, among other things, that a “real departure” is needed for more educational equality. Instead of a ban on cooperation in education, what is needed is a “cooperation requirement”. The government levels – federal, state and local governments – must become aware of their shared responsibility and coordinate and coordinate their measures to strengthen educational equality and modernize the education system more specifically than before. The Social Democrats want to use “high inheritances and very high incomes” to finance a joint “educational awakening” – they are calling for a national special fund for education, which should be set up, financed and managed jointly by the federal and state governments.

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