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Berlin Education Senator Admits Receiving Teacher’s Bullying Complaint in December

Her admission exposes gaps in Berlin’s complaint handling, intensifying calls for reform.

Berlins Bildungs- und Familiensenatorin Katharina Günther-Wünsch
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Overview

  • On June 20, Senator Katharina Günther-Wünsch confirmed she received Oziel Inácio-Stech’s nine-page complaint on December 4, 2024, overturning her earlier claim that she read it in May 2025.
  • The letter, sent by the teacher’s lawyer via registered mail, described months of homophobic bullying by students and false accusations from a colleague at Carl-Bolle-Grundschule in Moabit.
  • Günther-Wünsch said her initial error stemmed from an incomplete internal review and the fact that the letter was not logged in the electronic filing system.
  • The correction has intensified scrutiny of the Berlin Education Administration’s transparency and handling of discrimination grievances.
  • The Green Party and GEW union have called for an independent complaints office to ensure proper investigation of harassment and discrimination claims.