Overview

• Hessen enforces statewide Smartphone-Schutzzonen that ban private smartphones, tablets and smartwatches on public school grounds with limited exemptions in upper grades.
• The Hessisches Schulportal adds a GDPR-compliant AI chatbot called “telli” to help teachers prepare lessons and support students’ individual learning while filtering out dangerous queries.
• An online mathematics diagnostic for grades four to six will assess students’ basic competencies and deliver tailored teaching materials to educators.
• All public schools must observe a uniform weapons ban prohibiting items from knives to soft-air guns, and two digital media education evenings are offered to parents.
• School-psychological services gain a record 155 new positions and a “Gesunde Schule” competence centre will coordinate preventive health and staff well-being, with nearly 62,000 teaching posts reported but vacancy figures undisclosed.