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Compulsory education: Trades warn AfD against abolishing compulsory education: The AfD wants to relax compulsory education in Saxony-Anhalt. The Central ...
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“Frontal attack on the future prospects of young people”: German trades warn of fatal consequences of AfD plan
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"Frontal attack on the future prospects of young people": German Confederation of Skilled Crafts warns of disastrous consequences of AfD plan
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Election in Saxony-Anhalt: “Among young people, it’s just super cool to be on the right”
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Key FactsAfD Education Plans Unsettle Schools in Saxony-Anhalt
Aug 30, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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- 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
Radical governance: These would be the projects of an AfD government: Compulsory education abolished, migration reduced, patriotism increased: The AfD's ...
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The AfD wants to abolish compulsory education - | these are the rights it would have after an election victory
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How the AfD pursues its educational ideology in Saxony-Anhalt: Poll: AfD further extends its lead over the CDU/CSU
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AfD plans meet with resistance: This is how states want to safeguard compulsory schooling
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OpinionThe AfD's plans for homeschooling serve to divide: The AfD wants to weaken compulsory schooling – | to strengthen the rights of parents, it says ...
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The AfD wants to radically overhaul schools in Saxony-Anhalt: Is it allowed to do so?
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Paid articlePaywallOpinionCommentary: AfD wants to abolish compulsory schooling - | Attack on Prussia's educational legacy
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Homeschooling vs. compulsory schooling: Thuringia takes a stand: Carolin Gerbothe is the education policy spokesperson for the CDU parliamentary group in ...
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Paid articlePaywallFollowing the AfD's initiative in Saxony-Anhalt: Thuringia plans to strengthen compulsory education
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Paid articlePaywallWarning of the demise of schools: Local history at the kitchen table?: The AfD in Saxony-Anhalt wants to abolish compulsory schooling; the CDU Minister-President ...
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Paid articlePaywallProgram for the state election: The AfD Saxony-Anhalt wants to abolish compulsory schooling - | could it even do that?
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Paid articlePaywallAfD wants to abolish compulsory education in Baden-Württemberg: What consequences would that have?
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Paid articlePaywallWhy the AfD is against compulsory education: The AfD wants to replace compulsory education with a “duty to educate.” Parents should also be allowed to teach ...
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