In the southern state of Bavaria, schools have been promised 100 million self-tests starting next week so that more children can start being taught in person again. But teachers say the test strategy isn't being implemented properly.
Despite similar epidemiological conditions, Switzerland has declined to close schools unlike neighbouring Germany. Swiss news outlet Watson asks why Switzerland is flying blind on school closures.
Thousands of children in northern
Germany became the first in Europe to begin a new school year on Monday, with the rest of the country watching anxiously as full-time classes began after months of curtailed hours over the coronavirus pandemic.
A fresh debate has been sparked over whether schools in Germany should allow pupils to wear the niqab, a facial veil worn by Muslims which leaves only the wearer's eyes visible.
The proposed opening of three Turkish schools in Germany has rekindled a long-standing row. Here's a look at why it's such a sensitive issue in Germany.
Working parents often face difficulties in finding childcare for school-age children that lasts all day. But the German government has taken a huge step forward to tackle this.
A nationwide debate was triggered after a conservative politician suggested children who don’t speak German well enough shouldn’t be allowed to start school. Here’s what you had to say.
A high profile politician with Angela Merkel’s CDU party says children with insufficient German language skills should be held back from starting school.
Around 50 German teenagers rioted as they attempted to free a 15-year-old reveller from police custody after he
disrupted a school-leavers party, police have confirmed.
Germany is considering whether every state should have the same high school leaving exams in a bid to tackle the ‘Abitur lottery’ that results in regional differences.
With Berlin already preparing for Friday’s public transport strikes, schools, kindergartens and government offices across the city have been closed as demonstrations continue on Wednesday.
Expats parents in Berlin are finding that they have to stay at home with their children rather than go back to work due to a lack of Kita spots. The Local looks into the capital's kindergarten crisis.
School attendance is compulsory in Germany. But that didn’t stop some families in the south of the country from taking their kids on vacation before the official start of school holidays.
In August the Mokita Kindergarten is set to open in Frankfurt, offering parents the chance to send their children to a preschool where there are no meat, egg or dairy products on the menu. The concept has come in for heavy criticism from city politicians.
A pupil reportedly killed a classmate at a comprehensive school in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) on Tuesday morning. The 15-year-old suspect has been arrested, according to Dortmund police.
German states have been told to up their game on education after a study showed that ever more kids can't read properly and fewer enjoy picking up a book.
Police in southwestern Germany launched a manhunt Monday after a teenager entered a vocational school reportedly armed with a gun, forcing a lockdown, authorities said.
Around 300 students at a vocational school in Nuremberg staged a spontaneous demonstration to protest the deportation of their 20-year-old Afghan classmate on Wednesday.
On Tuesday high school students in Germany start writing their final exams. A new graphic from Statista shows which states are likely to have the best results.
