The rules for deregistration from school for home lessons are being tightened up again. The Compulsory Education Act should, among other things, stipulate that parents must submit a summary of a pedagogical concept before the lesson, according to a draft test.
In Austria there is no compulsory schooling, only compulsory education. Children can also attend home classes or a private school with no public status (they do not have the right to self-issue school reports, note). This must be reported to the relevant education director – who in turn can prohibit this “if it can be assumed with a high probability that the …. equivalence of the lessons is not being taught”. Students who have to take a German tutoring lesson are also not allowed to take home lessons.
Pandemic caused an explosion of unsubscribing
In 2021, mainly due to the Corona requirements, 7500 children were initially expelled from school, three times more than in normal years. One third of these returned during the school year. The rest had to take an external exam at the end of the school year to successfully complete the relevant school level – these were promptly significantly worse in 2022 than in previous years, many did not even start and got stuck.
regulations have been tightened
Due to the increased number of cancellations, the rules for the previous school year have been tightened. Since then, cancellations for the following school year must be reported before the start of the summer holidays, previously this could be done towards the end of the holidays. In addition, the external exams in 2022 have been conducted jointly by separate committees to prevent exam tourism in schools known as “easy”. Parents were also invited for “reflection talks” at the change of semester.
End illegal private schools
With the proposed amendment, these schemes will be merged and partly renewed. For example, when deregistering from school, it is the intention that not only the name, address and date of birth of the person who teaches the child (leader) are given, but also the place where the lesson will take place. This is likely in response to reports of illegal private schools.
Also required: “A summary of the pedagogical concept for the lesson”. This was not previously required by law, but education authorities have already requested it in some cases.
Source: Krone
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