Overview
- In 2024/25 Saxony recorded 1,601 teacher departures, including 1,377 before normal retirement, according to a Left-party inquiry.
- A ministry-commissioned study found teachers in Saxony average 2.5 hours of unpaid weekly overtime and spend about two thirds of their working time on non-teaching tasks.
- Brandenburg’s package plans to scrap central grade-10 exams at Gymnasien and mandatory grade-9 research papers, count orientation tests as regular classwork, reduce required parent meetings, and drop primary-school suitability reports.
- Most measures start in February 2026 or in the 2026/27 school year, and the weekly teaching obligation will rise by one hour from the second half of 2025/26 with offsetting relief promised elsewhere.
- The ministry is initiating a school-law change to allow faster sanctions with approval by the class teacher and principal only, and it is working toward more centralized Abitur exams and digital student records.