Essentially, it is about providing educational institutions with additional hours that can be used to handle administrative tasks. Education Minister Christoph Wiederkehr (NEOS) expects this to make the teaching profession more attractive.

The Freedom Party sees it quite differently. Their deputies Hermann Brückl and Werner Herbert advocated for hiring dedicated administrative staff. The current law stipulates that teachers will continue to take on administrative tasks. Brückl spoke of "continuing a misguided journey." The Greens approved the proposal, although the deputy club chairwoman Sigrid Maurer would also assign administrative tasks to people without a teaching degree.

Wiederkehr hopes for relief in schools

Wiederkehr primarily recognized a relief for principals. The tasks could be distributed among up to four people in larger schools. He also believes that the teaching profession will become more attractive. This is because such tasks are already often taken on by teachers, but without compensation. The tasks that will now be additionally compensated include activities such as parent work, teacher teamwork, or school quality development.

A total of 20 million euros will be made available, which has been freed up in financially challenging times, as Wiederkehr emphasized. Specifically, at compulsory schools with at least 15 classes, the school management can assign up to four teachers with "middle management" tasks, and their teaching obligations will be correspondingly reduced. In smaller schools, one to two people should be involved.

(APA/Red)

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