Bremen Senate plans to reduce the old -age discount for teachers!

Bremen Senate plans to reduce the old -age discount for teachers!

Bremen, Deutschland - In Bremen, the Senate plan causes excitement: The lesson discount for older teachers should be completely deleted. This decision goes beyond the original considerations of the coalition committee, which had a halving of the discount from two to one hour from the age of 60. Now the Bremen educational union GEW is on the barricade. It expresses itself horrified by the Senate's savings plans and sees it a massive deterioration in working conditions for teachers in Bremen.

The GEW has clearly criticized the planned changes. Not only sees the deletion of the lesson discount as a negative step for older teachers, but also rejects the increase in the weekly working hours for civil servants: inside from 40 to 41 hours without wage compensation. In its statement, the union emphasizes solidarity with the civil service: inside the public service and indicates that the working conditions for this group have noticeably deteriorated in recent years.

changed framework conditions and their consequences

It should be emphasized that since the increase in the deputate for Bremen teachers by two hours in 1997, as well as the loss of Christmas bonus in 2009, the conditions for teachers are becoming increasingly demanding. In addition, there are austerity measures in the youth and social sector, which do not provide for inflation compensation for organizations and institutions for the coming year. The Gew warns an unjustified unequal treatment between the civil service: inside and collective employees in the public service and calls for an introduction of the mandatory working time recording.

A central concern of the GEW is the relief of the teachers who have been working for a long time beyond their intended working hours. With the savings plans, the attractiveness of Bremen could continue to decrease as a place of work, many fear. Discrepancies in the reduction in old age, which should only apply from the age of 60, could lead to experienced teachers Bremen turn their back on.

educational financing in Germany

This conflict is not only important locally, but is also in the context of general educational financing in Germany. In general, the educational institutions in Germany are mainly financed from public households. Over 90 percent of public education expenditure comes from countries and municipalities. According to the annual educational financial report of the Federal Statistical Office, a total of 191.5 billion euros are planned for education for 2024. These funds are crucial to ensure both the quality of the training and the framework conditions for teachers.

The GEW Bremen urges the Senate to rethink the savings plans and instead of making sensible investments in the education and working conditions of the teachers instead of symbolic measures such as iPad investments. In a country in which education is the key to the future, such cuts cannot be accepted. "We need a strong education policy that respects all ages and employees," said the tenor of the union.

The coming weeks will show whether the Senate will react to the concerns of the GEW and other affected people or continue to pursue the savings plans. One thing is certain: the dialogue is indispensable to secure the future of education in Bremen.

Further information can be found in the detailed reports of GET bremen and Eurydice .