Christian Klar, principal of a secondary school in Vienna-Floridsdorf, describes daily school life at his school in the krone.tv interview. “The trend is changing. It has become a bit more Arabic again. When I started, the largest group consisted of Turkish children. That has decreased. They looked more like Chechen, Afghan children.”
How would the director assess the general situation in Vienna based on this? Sure: “I don’t think it’s just like that at my school. If you look at school enrollment figures, a third of children with a non-German mother tongue now have Arabic as their mother tongue. Something is changing.” The proportion of foreigners in Vienna is generally high, but how high depends on the immediate location of the school. Sure: “It is very difficult to teach the lessons, because only German is spoken at school.
Students stay in their communities
The children and young people are usually in their community. They speak to their parents in their native language, even in the park and at the football club. They don’t speak German outside school. I also have many parents who don’t speak German. So reading for meaning is a challenge.” But there is also a lot to do besides the language problem. Certainly: “I believe it is incredibly important to convey attitudes. convey attitudes. Convey basic values.” And there is still a lot missing.
Wearing the prayer cap
Islam also plays a formative role in daily school life. Clear: “The girls’ headscarves and the hijab are one thing. However, recently the subject came up about the boys insisting on wearing the prayer cap all day. To make their religion visible. This shows that the subject of religion really plays a role everywhere and is present everywhere. Soon it will be Ramadan again. Many children will be hungry and thirsty again. Many children will again suffer from their ability to concentrate. This makes it even more difficult to learn. And it is even more difficult to successfully write school papers.”
Headscarf ban up to 14 years
What about the issue of veils and headscarves in everyday school life? Sure: “You also see on the street that the headscarf enters the primary school. I have never had so many girls wearing a headscarf and also wearing abayas and hijabs as this year in the first grades. This is gaining momentum every year. Above all, the hijab and the abaya, that is, not just covering the hair, but such a cloak: that is a political statement and not a matter of faith.” homogeneous group. Of course: “And you have to do something about that. I think there should be a ban on headscarves in schools, at least up to the age of 14.”
There is also a need for an abaya ban, says Klar. The coat is mandatory for women in some Arab countries and is intended to hide “feminine charms”. The educator emphasizes that there is no place for prayer rooms in schools either: “There are many things you have to do if you do not want to project an Islamic image. Every city, every country, every company has a business card. This is reflected in the clothing. My school’s business card on a school trip is that of an Islamic school. And that’s something I don’t like.”
Watch the entire interview in the video above!
Source: Krone
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