NewzBrandenburg's Education Minister Hoffmann has eliminated relief hours (Entlastungsstunden) for all civil servant teachers in the state to address an ongoing teacher shortage. Under the new directive, tenured teachers, including those at special education and socially disadvantaged focal point schools (Brennpunktschulen), are required to teach one additional lesson per week.
The measure was implemented because schools, particularly those facing difficult conditions, otherwise lack the necessary staff capacity to fully cover required classroom instruction. By increasing the mandatory weekly teaching hours for civil servants, the state aims to secure basic educational provision amidst the personnel deficit.
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