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How thousands of teaching positions in Germany were lost to a computer glitch
In the German state of Baden-Württemberg well over a thousand education positions went unfilled for years due to a glitch in a computer programme, officials say.
According to a press release from the state’s Ministry of Education, a programming error occurred during the data transfer, meaning that teaching positions which should have been marked as vacant were incorrectly logged as occupied. Opposition politicians and teachers’ unions are disputing this assertion, arguing that the long-term costs in educational outcomes – for pupils attending schools which weren’t adequately staffed – may be significant. Unions argue that the chronic lack of personnel led to missing lessons, cancelled classes, and limited support for vulnerable pupils, including those at special education and counselling centres.
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