On Monday, 73,941 children and young people in Salzburg will start the new school year. 5,642 of them are not only looking forward to the new phase of their lives, but also to their school bag. “I have known my teacher and the other children since kindergarten, which is in the same building,” says six-year-old Valentina Gruber. She goes to primary school in Oberweißburg at St. Michael im Lungau. Valentina is especially enthusiastic about the recess bell. ‘Because I can call if I’m good,’ she knows.
Staff shortage: The students are also restless
But it’s not just Tafel’s classmates who can hardly wait for school to start. Older students are also happy, but many look at the semester with some suspicion. “The teacher shortage obviously also affects us as students. And that doesn’t exactly give us a feeling of security,” says Viktoria Starlinger (17), state student representative for secondary vocational education. Starlinger doesn’t just hope that the problem will be resolved quickly. “The teaching profession must be made more attractive. Because career changers and students as teachers are only a temporary solution.”
Source: Krone
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