Unemployed youth are taken off the streets for a few months by recruiting them for public work on low wages and giving them rudimentary qualifications. Business owners who employ them for a while for low wages are supported by the state. An SPD-led government would offer just as little future to the youth as the present one. In the schools, the lack of teachers leads to lessons not taking place, a constant increase in class sizes and a larger burden on teaching staff. In addition hardly any new, young teachers are hired, resulting in increased stress for the older ones who often can't cope.
State schools have to manage with less and less money.
Many already have to find sponsors in the business sector and, at the same time, the number of private schools is growing. The teachers trade union, the GEW, supports this development. Privatisations and the market are also making their presence felt in higher education. The SPD and the Kohl government agree that universities should compete for state subsidies. The criteria for this is how many students are herded through a course in the shortest time and how much money flows from the sponsors.