Salzburg has ended the regional kindergarten building programme – not because of a shortage of money but because the number of places to satisfy demand has now been reached. The city said that places for 96 percent of the children in kindergarten age in the city were now provided. SPÖ-vice Mayor Martin Panosch who was […]
A new private university in Vorarlberg on the location of the former cheesemaking firm Rupp in Lochau may now not go ahead. The reason is a disagreement between the project managers and the local council. The disagreement is so serious that the project managers have now withdrawn their request for approval of the University back […]
Teachers too expensive
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The Austrian state auditor has criticised the sharp increase in the cost of teachers in lower Austria. It said that with the teaching costs for compulsory schools alone the increase was around 21 percent. The report on teaching staff costs has now been presented to the regional government. According to the report the region has […]
School dropouts on the rise
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Austrian School officials say that across-the-board there is an increase in the number of pupils dropping out of further and higher education – and that of the dropouts there are more boys than girls. In general girls also perform better on the same assignments at school than boys, according to the latest research just published. […]
Clear no to later start of lessons
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Most Austrians reject a later start of school. Viennese public opinion research agency spoke with 500 Austrians to find out more about people’s opinion regarding the start of primary and secondary schools in the morning. Only one in five (20 per cent) of the interviewed citizens said they were in favour of a reform which […]