Parents’ representatives in Berlin fear that too little money will be made available for the renovation, expansion and new construction of schools in the next few years. The state parents’ committee announced at the weekend that the investment plans for school renovations were greeted with horror and great concern.
The panel warned of a loss of school places. The financial need is very great.
According to Senate information were under the “school construction offensive” started in 2016 created 25,000 school places and spent 2.9 billion euros. In the coming years, new construction activity will continue to increase.
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The plan is to create a good 31,200 additional places by the 2026/27 school year, it said.
In many schools, however, the necessary renovation and construction measures have not been carried out over a long period of time, according to the Parents’ Committee. (dpa)
