Overview

• By September 17, 1,108 teachers covering 11,032 hours had been seconded across the state, affecting about 7 percent of the workforce.
• Roughly 2,103 secondment hours, or 19 percent, were directed to Regelschulen, with more than half of those teachers coming from other school types as the minister cited schools facing up to 20 percent lesson loss.
• School leaders aim to shield core and exam subjects from disruption even as the education ministry deploys staff beyond their home schools to stabilize timetables.
• The Thuringian Teachers’ Association reports growing secondment loads and cites cases where gymnasiale Oberstufe instruction is trimmed, raising concerns about unequal preparation for the central Abitur.
• Union officials say assignments often fall on the same educators for four to five consecutive years based on social criteria, adding duplicate duties, and they also oppose reported government reviews that could curb age-related workload reductions.