Dispute over the removal of allowances for trainee teachers

Directing teachers to where they are needed

"The number of graduates in primary school teaching is consistently high. At the same time, fewer and fewer primary school pupils are starting school. It is already becoming apparent that the recruitment requirements at elementary school will fall considerably in the coming years. That is why we need to direct teachers to where we urgently need them: in the regions of Bautzen and Görlitz," Clemens clarified.

GEW boss: Those affected are being let down

GEW chairman Burkhard Naumann saw those affected as being let down and cheated. "The prospective primary school teachers are receiving 40 percent less money than they were promised at the time of application. That borders on fraud." Instead of wooing urgently needed young teachers, the ministry is throwing them under the bus before they even start their careers. The supplement is urgently needed to finance long commutes or a move.

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