"Islam not the boss": Minister open to radical step in schools:
Education Minister Karin Prien considers an upper limit for migrants in German school classes to ...
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Debate on Migrant Child Limits in Schools Heats UpMinister Prien proposes a 30-40% cap on migrant students, stressing German language skills at school entry as essential.
- Karin Prien supports setting a limit on the share of migrant children in classrooms to improve integration.
- She highlights the importance of children knowing German when starting school.
- Prien emphasizes that the Basic Law governs over any religious influence, including Islam.
- Since education is managed by states, any caps or mandatory language tests must be implemented regionally.
Islam is definitely not the boss here; rather, the boss here is the Basic Law.— Karin Prien, Minister of Education, commented on an incident at a Berlin primary school where a student claimed that Islam was in charge.
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