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Magdeburg – When it comes to personnel, the Bundeswehr and companies are increasingly relying on cooperation. This is intended to ensure better integration of soldiers into the private sector, said a spokeswoman for the Bundeswehr in response to a dpa request. According to a balance sheet from the Bundeswehr’s career development service, there were cooperation agreements with around 4,500 companies in 2020. These included companies such as Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Post, Amazon and Rewe.

The railway announced that officers and non-commissioned officers in particular had management responsibility for people and material very early on, sometimes amounting to millions. This year alone, the railway is hiring more than 25,000 new employees, which involves exploiting all labor market potential, according to a company spokeswoman.

As the Institute for Labor Market and Occupational Research recently announced, the so-called labor market tension, which describes the ratio of vacancies and people looking for work, is at a high in recent years. When looking for personnel, companies often use different search methods to find qualified specialists.

Erfurt – At German schools abroad under Thuringian school supervision, 350 young people graduated in the current school year. 136 students passed their Abitur, as the Thuringian Ministry of Education announced on Monday. The average grade was 1.9. The average grade for the 214 students who completed their secondary school leaving certificate was 2.27.

The data relates to German schools abroad in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, Warsaw, Moscow and St. Petersburg, for which the Free State has taken over school supervision as part of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) since 2022. “The work at schools abroad not only promotes the pupils of these schools, but also represents Germany abroad and stands for understanding and international partnership and exchange,” explained Thuringia’s Minister of Education Helmut Holter (left). For teachers, a foreign assignment is a cultural enrichment.

From Wednesday on, the Association of German Teachers Abroad will meet in Erfurt for an annual conference. It represents the teachers at the 135 recognized German schools abroad.

“The work in Russia was particularly difficult this school year,” said Holter. He is all the happier “that the exams were successful despite all the adversities and that the students can now hold their degrees in their hands.” According to the ministry, around 85,000 children and young people study at German schools abroad.

Burg/Potsdam – The school in Burg im Spreewald is looking for new staff even without the two teachers who left because of right-wing hostilities. The Brandenburg Ministry of Education tweeted on Tuesday that they were looking for a teacher for geography and mathematics. Current job applications for teachers throughout Brandenburg are posted regularly and most are clicked, said ministry spokeswoman Ulrike Grönefeld. The position in Burg has been advertised for some time and the application phase is ongoing.

In April, teachers Laura Nickel and Max Teske publicized daily right-wing extremist incidents at their school in a fire letter, triggering a nationwide debate. Both had described in an anonymous letter that they were confronted with right-wing extremism, sexism and homophobia on a daily basis at the school in Spreewald. There are swastikas on furniture, right-wing extremist music in the classroom and anti-democratic slogans in the school corridors. They also experienced a “wall of silence”.

After that, the teachers were increasingly exposed to right-wing hostilities. State security is investigating. Both want to change schools. This year you will receive the “Award for civil courage against anti-Semitism, right-wing extremism and racism”.