In South Tyrol, a dispute has broken out over the establishment of a special class for children with no knowledge of German at the Goethe School in Bolzano. The director, who acted on his own initiative, has since been stopped by politicians after a cry of anger. But the problem of differences in language levels remains unresolved, even in Austria. Data shows how school directors deal with German remedial lessons.
The German-speaking Goethe School in Bolzano is located in the heart of the old town and has a good reputation. So good that even Italian-speaking parents have been sending their children there for years to learn German faster and better. But international refugee flows do not stop at the idyllic city. The proportion of pupils with a migrant background is increasing every year and, under pressure and anger from parents, the school management is faced with difficult tasks that have to be solved.
At the beginning of this school year, director Christina Holzer, acting on her own initiative at the Goethe School, had had enough: first-graders who do not speak German are to be placed in a separate class to teach the language and promote the basics. Children whose native language is German would therefore not be restricted in their learning progress. That was enough to cause outrage.
Source: Krone
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