Compulsory education

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Conspiracy theorists and esotericists undermine trust in schools: "Overlaps with the AfD"

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Regionalmedien Austria

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Frankfurter Rundschau

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Sep 02

"Frontal attack on the future prospects of young people": German Confederation of Skilled Crafts warns of disastrous consequences of AfD plan

Key FactsCrafts sector warns over AfD school-attendance plans

Sep 2, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de

The AfD Saxony-Anhalt manifesto proposes choosing between school and home instruction with equal standards and twice-yearly examinations.

At the start of the new training year, ZDH Secretary-General Holger Schwannecke warns amid roughly 20,000 vacant apprenticeships of consequences for training and skilled-labor supply.

Changing Article 25(2) of Saxony-Anhalt’s constitution would require a two-thirds parliamentary majority, which the AfD lacks.

Polls place AfD roughly 20 percentage points ahead of CDU; no coalition partner is in sight for the party.

Frontal attack on future prospects
— As quoted by Deutsches Handwerk (the German crafts association) in the article, describing the AfD plans to abolish the school policy as a 'Frontal attack on future prospects' for young people.

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Frankfurter Rundschau

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Election in Saxony-Anhalt: AfD attacks compulsory schooling - | what teachers and experts now fear

Key FactsAfD Platform Challenges Compulsory Schooling in Saxony-Anhalt

Aug 26, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de

The AfD platform proposes a choice between school and home education, with home instruction required to meet the same quality standards and include central exams twice a year.

Compulsory schooling is enshrined in Saxony-Anhalt’s state constitution, while lawyers dispute whether it also follows from the state’s educational mandate under the Basic Law.

In the 2026 German School Barometer, 27 percent of teachers in eastern Germany said a neutrality requirement made them uncertain in their own actions.

Minister-President Sven Schulze (CDU) warned that abandoning compulsory schooling could trigger a wave of school closures, particularly in rural areas.

that the schools will train our children to be obedient, courageous, wise, self-confident and free-spirited citizens, and not brainwashed and incompetent cowardly soldiers of the Rainbow Empire.
— Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, AfD education-policy spokesperson for the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament faction, in a speech

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Election in Saxony-Anhalt: “Among young people, it’s just super cool to be on the right”

Key FactsAfD Education Plans Unsettle Schools in Saxony-Anhalt

Aug 30, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de

The AfD manifesto proposes a choice between school and home education, tougher grammar-school access and ending inclusive education.

The AfD says teachers should remain strictly politically neutral; complaints and sanctions are planned for violations.

Teacher Max Heckel was reprimanded after an AfD complaint; court proceedings are scheduled for November.

A BFAS-commissioned legal opinion says inclusive education and separate classes for refugee children could be clearly unlawful; school-law changes would nevertheless remain possible.

I must not overwhelm a child. I must not push my own opinion on them. I must present what is discussed controversially in politics and society in a controversial way as well. I must present different positions. And I must empower children to develop their own opinions. But there are limits: I do not have to present racism as an equally valid counter-position. That is where it ends.
— Eva Gerth, chairwoman of GEW (Education Union), on the Beutelsbach Consensus

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High numbers in North Rhine-Westphalia: Almost 12,000 fine proceedings initiated for violating compulsory school attendance

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Cheap flights before compulsory schooling? Skipping school for vacation is irresponsible.

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Education: Compulsory schooling? "In most European countries, this absolute claim does not exist"

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