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Startchancen-Programm | VS

More opportunities better education

More opportunities better education

Are you a "Startchancen" school and want to invest in a conducive learning environment?

We will be happy to support you with the realisation. Simply get in touch with us.

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Origin = future?

Numerous studies show that the German education system is in crisis: a quarter of children in the fourth grade in Germany cannot read properly (IGLU study 2021). One in five children cannot do arithmetic (IQB-Bildungstrend 2022). Computer skills have deteriorated significantly since 2013 (ICILS study 2023).Children from poor families and with a history of migration are particularly affected. They are more likely to leave school without a qualification, less likely to attend a grammar school and less likely to go on to university.The Startchancen-Programm (Opportunity Programme) aims to make a decisive contribution to decoupling social background and educational success. The programme's educational policy goal: to halve the number of those who do not achieve the minimum standards in the core subjects by 2035.

Key data of the Startchancen programme

10 years

The duration of the program

4000

schools are included in the programme

20 Mrd. €

investieren Bund und Länder je hälftig in das Bildungsprogramm. Allerdings dürfen die Bundesländer bereits bestehende Förderprogramme für das Startchancen-Programm anrechnen.

1 Mio

Schülerinnen und Schüler sollen direkt adressiert werden.

2024/25

Start of the programme

Programme structure

The funds for the "Startchancen Programm" are distributed across three areas:

  • 40% goes into an investment programme for a modern and conducive learning environment. The aim is to design the interior and exterior spaces of the schools in such a way that they become barrier-free and stimulating places for all children and young people. It is therefore primarily about equipment and infrastructure.
  • 30% will be allocated to an opportunity budget for needs-based solutions for school and teaching development. This is intended to promote school and teaching development. Needs-based means that the Startchancen schools receive their own budget, which they use independently for the benefit of their students. It is intended to strengthen school autonomy.
  • 30% will be invested in personnel to strengthen multi-professional teams. With more and differently trained educational staff, students can be better supported, parents can be advised and the school culture can be improved overall – all aspects that have a positive effect on learning.

This is how we can support you

 

Concept and planning

What does it take to turn rooms into learning facilitators? We develop room concepts for you that work, and implement them for you – so that learning and teaching can be even more successful.

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Equipment

Chairs, tables and shelves are the basics. But there is so much more: furniture and mats for learning close to the ground, seating niches, upholstered corners... Take a look through our complete catalogue.

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Training

Is your team aware of all the possibilities offered by the digital devices in your school and how they can make everyday learning and working easier? With our training programme, we want to help you use digital applications confidently and competently.

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‘An opportunities programme that offers schools many possibilities and also leaves room for making adjustments during the period of implementation. This is exactly how I would like to see all activities in education: decisions made together with the schools individually on site. This is how schools become places of opportunity.’

Udo Kempers, digital education expert

Find out more about the Startchancen programme here

How is the Startchancen programme designed in the individual federal states? And what exactly does it include?

A filterable overview of the Wübben Education Foundation

Information on the programme on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education

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