Overview
- The GEW handed a multi‑page resolution to Hesse’s Education Ministry in Wiesbaden signed by nearly 1,100 primary teachers from across the state.
- The demands include class sizes of no more than 20 pupils, more multiprofessional teams, and additional time for pedagogical work.
- The resolution reports rising pupil needs such as language deficits, anxiety disorders, and missing basic skills, and it criticizes budget cuts and a worsening teacher shortage with non‑qualified staff covering lessons.
- The ministry confirmed an internal review and pointed to mandatory pre‑enrollment German support, an extra German lesson in grade two, expanded school psychology, values education, and social pedagogues, while urging parental responsibility.
- The GEW warns that the first stage of the legal entitlement to all‑day care starting in the 2026/2027 school year will further strain staffing and workloads in primary schools.