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Mandatory School Informatics Reaches 10 German States as Gaps Persist

Advocates urge earlier and deeper instruction to tackle IT shortages.

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In immer mehr Bundesländern gibt es an allgemeinbildenden Schulen inzwischen Informatik als Pflichtfach. Nur in Berlin, Brandenburg und Hessen wird es absehbar kein Pflichtfach Informatik geben, wie die Gesellschaft für Informatik mitteilte.
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Overview

  • With Hamburg’s rollout in 2025/26, ten Länder now mandate informatics across all secondary schools, up from four five years ago.
  • Bremen plans compulsory classes from 2026 and Rhineland-Palatinate from 2028, while Berlin, Brandenburg and Hesse report no comparable plans.
  • Only 16% of upper-secondary students take informatics nationwide, versus 38% in physics and chemistry and 78% in biology; Saxony exceeds 40% and Thuringia tops 30% as Hesse, Lower Saxony, Bremen and Baden-Württemberg fall below 10%.
  • The SWK recommends six cumulative weekly hours in lower secondary, a benchmark currently met only in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Thuringia and Saarland.
  • Saxony-Anhalt mandates informatics in Sekundar- and Gemeinschaftsschulen but not at Gymnasien, and foundations and the GI call for broader coverage to expand the talent pipeline and improve equity.