Pisa study: Poor results among German students cause concern

Federal Education Minister Karin Prien (CDU) described the poor performance of students in Germany in the Pisa education study as “worrying”. However, this is not surprising. The results confirmed already known findings from other educational studies, said Prien. "It doesn't make it any better, but it's not surprising."

The results showed that the promise of advancement in Germany is currently not being kept. The minister said it was unacceptable that the social gap in the educational skills tested was widening. She is also concerned that the results have deteriorated both for the weakest-performing students and for the best-performing students. »We are unable to do justice to the potential of our students, neither in the lower performance segment nor in the upper performance segment.«

According to Streeck, social media worsens academic performance

The federal government's drug commissioner, Hendrik Streeck (CDU), called for the use of social media for children and young people to be restricted. “How much scientific evidence do we actually need before we act?” said the virologist and politician in Berlin. For him, it's not about a blanket ban, but rather about protection "against unsuitable content, manipulative mechanisms, problematic consumer behavior."

Business representatives also called on politicians to rethink. Employer President Rainer Dulger warned that every child must “leave school with the tools for training, studies and a career.” This requires more binding educational standards and better comparability and diagnosis through regular learning status surveys.

Craft sees experiences from training companies confirmed

The Central Association of German Crafts (ZDH) also believes that such cross-school diagnostic systems are necessary in order to qualify students for the labor market. The PISA results confirmed what the skilled trades training companies had been experiencing for years. “Too many young people leave school without the basic skills that are necessary for successful training,” said ZDH General Secretary Holger Schwannecke.

In the recently published Pisa education study, students in Germany performed worse than ever before. In reading, mathematics and natural sciences, 15-year-olds achieved “the lowest competency scores since the Pisa surveys began,” as the study authors announced.