Overview

• Berlin reports only about 17% of newly hired staff are fully trained teachers, with more than 4,100 full‑time units to fill at the start of 2025/26.
• To cover gaps in the capital, nearly 2,000 teaching students received fixed‑term contracts, roughly 300 pensioned teachers were reactivated, and 184 career‑changers were hired.
• Hamburg says 620 new teachers are starting—80 more than last year—yet 58 posts remain advertised, with shortages concentrated in MINT subjects, music and theater.
• Hamburg’s student chamber warns of cut course offerings and fears weak coverage for the new mandatory Informatik subject, noting only six of the more than 600 new hires this half‑year trained in that field.
• Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern lists 397 advertised teaching posts (392 permanent) ahead of final hiring figures on September 9, while Schleswig‑Holstein cites ongoing shortages in MINT, music and theater, an €8.4 million substitute fund, and union criticism over nearly 500 positions being cut.