School assistants: parent representatives
education
The coronavirus bureaucracy in schools is causing severe criticism from teachers and parents nationwide. The Salzburg State Education Councilor Daniela Gutschi (ÖVP) expressly emphasizes that she has already sent 61 additional assistants to compulsory schools for this purpose. Parent representatives are now relieved about this.
In Upper Austria and Vienna, directors and teachers’ representatives are already sounding the alarm that lessons are hardly possible because of the bureaucratic effort. SPÖ councilor and education committee member Sabine Gabath welcomes the fact that the budget has now been activated for additional administrative staff at schools – a long-term demand has therefore been implemented.
Gabath: “Long-term funding is being implemented”
“At some schools, such as evening schools or at higher federal schools, it is already in force, but the compulsory schools are assigned to the state and the municipalities and this budget has not yet existed here. We, the parents’ representatives in compulsory schools, are of course very excited when school administrative secretaries support the directors and schools, ”says Gabath.
Positive message: Name search begins for teachers
Coronavirus sickness reports would currently die in schools. According to Gabath, if a student is tested positive, the schools only receive the QR code of the person who tested positive. “The teacher then had to report the name of the anonymous report and that name to the testing center. This body then informed the health department about the identity and then released the positive test, ”says Gabath.