Overview

• Over 1,114 teachers were recruited by Saxony’s education ministry, including 885 fully qualified educators and 229 second-career entrants, to address chronic staffing shortages.
• Saxony’s student body grew by 10,000 to roughly 534,000 this year, driven mainly by migration, even as first-grade enrollment fell by about 3,500.
• The Sozialverband Deutschland highlighted that one in five students live in poverty and called for barrier-free school buildings and free teaching materials to ensure inclusive learning.
• Updated German and mathematics curricula took effect this year, while Saxony launched a cross-subject teaching pilot and provided new AI-based classroom assistants.
• Despite federal investment in digital tools and learning materials, advocates warn that school medical, psychological and special-education support remain insufficient to meet rising needs.