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Hesse Opposition: Education Package Only Damage Control

In the Hessian state parliament, the opposition sharply criticized the state government's education package on Tuesday. Green party education policy spokesman Daniel May called the plans 'a bit of damage control.' The occasion was the government statement by Minister of Education Armin Schwarz (CDU), who had previously presented the package together with Boris Rhein (CDU) and his deputy Kaweh Mansoori (SPD).

Hesse Opposition: Education Package Only Damage Control
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In the Hessian state parliament, the opposition sharply criticized the state government's education package on Tuesday. Green party education policy spokesman Daniel May called the plans 'a bit of damage control.' The occasion was the government statement by Minister of Education Armin Schwarz (CDU), who had previously presented the package together with Boris Rhein (CDU) and his deputy Kaweh Mansoori (SPD).

May accused the government of first making massive cuts and then celebrating the partial reversal of those cuts. ‘Those who first cut massively and then want to celebrate themselves as saviors for partially reversing their own cuts are trying to deceive the public,’ May said. He pointed out that the compulsory subject ‘AI and Digital World’ already existed as a pilot project under Schwarz-Green and is now being reintroduced with only one instead of two hours.

The FDP shared the Greens’ criticism but praised individual elements such as the mandatory teaching of digital skills. However, MP Moritz Promny criticized the lack of reliability in education policy. Minister Schwarz rejected the criticism and accused the Greens of having ‘commented on, discredited, and vilified the package without any factual basis.’

Source: www.faz.net