Germany is in the midst of a profound education crisis.
"The situation at Germany's schools remains poor.
It has deteriorated further compared to 2024," says Prof. Dr. Axel Plünnecke.
This is confirmed by current assessments from science, politics and education associations.
Even primary school teachers are sounding the alarm: more and more children are already failing to keep up in first grade.
Some of them can't even hold a pen properly, and cutting and gluing is also difficult for some.
According to the German Economic Institute, schools have "measurably lost quality" since 2015.
In 30 to 40 percent of schools, children show clear skill deficits.
"There is a massive drop in basic skills among pupils, especially in reading and arithmetic."
"A quarter of children cannot read, write, calculate and communicate well enough at the end of primary school.
As a result, every 16th pupil leaves school without a qualification."
"The proportion of school leavers without qualifications is rising, one in six is barely employable."
A development that raises doubts about the future viability of the German education system.
The problem of a lack of skills acquisition cannot be explained solely by the proportion of pupils with a migration background.
In addition, there are increasing mental health problems, which mean that a growing group of children and young people are no
longer able to participate in school life on a permanent basis.
Educators believe that one of the reasons for this is the excessive use of smartphones.
The constant distraction makes concentration and the processing of learning content considerably more difficult, so
that some schools or teachers feel compelled to introduce cell phone safes or cell phone bans during school hours.
But students are now also affected:
Prof. Dr. Michael Sommer from the University of Oldenburg speaks of "massive deficits" in reading
and warns of a "society of structural illiterates".
Kla.TV has already reported on the extremely dangerously negative and health-threatening influence of digitalization
and, in particular, smartphones on children and young people.
You can find relevant programs under #DigitaleBildung.
Many teachers continue to drop out in Germany.
More than five percent leave the teaching profession permanently every year - three quarters of them prematurely.
Since 2015, the number of people leaving their jobs prematurely for psychological or social reasons has more than doubled.
The Federal Government's response to the education crisis is more than interesting, not to say extremely contradictory:
Although there are fewer and fewer specialists and teachers are complaining about
overwork, all-day care is to be further expanded.
With the "Act on all-day support for children of primary school age", from 2026/27 first-graders and from 2029/30 all primary
school children will have a legal entitlement to all-day care.
The economist Prof. Dr. Ulrike Malmendier says: "The thing that would really help is if we made it attractive for
women in particular to go full-time or work more hours."
Many parents would only stay at home because they don't have the option of all-day care.
At the same time, the SPD is pushing for the abolition of the spousal splitting system, as it
creates "negative incentives for women to work".
Is this really still about promoting children's education?
The impression arises that, under the pretext of school challenges, the main aim is to bring women back into the labour
market earlier and in greater numbers and thus remove children from the home environment even earlier, so that the state can
start its manipulative influence on our children as early as possible with digitalization, early
sexualization, false media literacy, alienation, etc., and thus attract obedient and distracted taxpayers.
Yet the exact opposite would be a step in the right direction to overcome the education calamity.
Scientific studies have repeatedly shown that early family support is crucial for later educational success.
Children who experience a lot of language and attention at home have a much better start.
Up to the age of three, children hear up to 30 million more words in the family environment
than in a crèche or daycare center, for example.
Education begins in the family.
Parents are their children's most important teachers in the first years of life.
Neither daycare centers nor elementary school can even come close to fulfilling this role.
Instead of pushing women into employment and expanding all-day childcare, early
childhood education at home should be strengthened.
Creativity, experiencing nature, shared rituals and a positive learning atmosphere at home should once again take center stage.
Finally, an appeal to all parents and grandparents who want to consciously counteract this: Make time for your children.
Take advantage of the phase in which the children can still stay at home.
Turn off the TV, put away the cell phones and help your children to develop all the skills they have within them.
These treasures must be discovered and promoted and not buried by excessive media consumption.