Overview

• Education minister Christian Tischner announced that untrained career entrants must complete a practical crash course to prepare for classroom teaching.
• The program runs alongside formal didactics instruction and school internships to provide targeted support and skill development.
• The compulsory course implements a promise from the Brombeer-Koalition between CDU, SPD and BSW to strengthen teacher preparation.
• The ministry has opened 50 new positions for career entrants and hard-to-fill subject combinations, with 33 already published in the state’s north and south regions.
• Fifteen of the new vacancies target special needs education and mathematics is the most sought-after subject among the advertised posts.