School will resume on Monday for 488,000 children and young people in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. Across Austria, the number of students rises to 1.13 million. According to Statistics Austria, this is an increase of 0.6 percent.
Primary schools (VHS) and secondary schools (AHS) with 1.1 percent each and vocational schools (BS) with 0.7 percent expect a slight increase. In secondary schools (MS), the number is likely to be close to stagnant, while secondary and higher vocational schools (BMHS) expect a slight decline.
Course “Digital Primary Education”
“On Monday, the students in Eastern Austria will start the new school year,” Education Minister Martin Polaschek (ÖVP) said in a broadcast. “There are many changes. For example, digital primary education will be introduced in Austrian schools for the first time – a milestone in education policy.” As mentioned, this subject is intended for the first three grades of primary or secondary school of the AHS. The program includes computer skills and the use of digital media.
Monday starts school for 488,000 children and young people in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland. Another 641,000 students in the other federal states will start classes again a week later. It is the first year of school for 93,000 children across Austria. That is about 1.2 percent more than last year.
Source: Krone
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