The countries reject the amendment of the basic law for the digital Pact. Well so says Isabel plenary Mr Kristian Knudsen investment in education should go to the expense of federalism. Uwe Lueb considers the concern to be unfounded.
Pro: the fear of The loss of powers is unfounded
to change If the countries are fighting back now, however, the basic law, then the sounds to “wash my fur, but don’t make me wet”. Because the billions of euros from the Federal authorities want the country for the rehabilitation and construction of schools and of course for the long-overdue digitization in the schools.
it is now time of the necessary Amendment to the fundamental law should go hand in hand, that the countries contribute to the costs. And there the hare lies in the pepper. If it is now called, for example, from Bavaria, from the Prime Minister, Markus Söder, “education policy is Urkompetenz of the countries”, then that is just a pretext. Because no one says that the countries will lose the competence for teachers and, above all, curricula.
The concern is that students in Nuremberg or Garmisch to learn more about the lakes of Schleswig-Holstein as the mountains of their home, is unfounded. And with digitization, this has nothing to do with that. By the way: “www” stands for “world wide Web” and not for “länder-wide-web”.
Interactive Board: The schools should be better equipped – but the question of funding the Federal government and the countries are fighting.
Contra: the end of federalism, and even more bureaucracy
It is in the public domain, to make it look as if the countries are locked against Tablets and Wi-Fi for schools. In reality, they are not against the investment of the Federal government, but against the not-so-agreed-upon influence. Even the formation of countries. This is not good, admittedly, but the municipalities have too little money. The Federal government, however, has too much.
investing in education is a good idea, but not at the price of federalism. Federalism means more democracy, more competition, more targeted policy depending on your needs. Especially in the case of the supply of schools, the municipalities are often responsible. The countries force through the back door, through amendments to the basic law to pay 50 percent of the investment and want the staff to determine, is not really the fine art.
Also if it should be in the digital Pact only ten per cent: What if small States have the money for the investment? Then there are MacBooks for Bavaria and Saxony? The Federal government should give the countries more money – Yes, but a redistribution of taxes. And the countries should work together better, or by the Federal government to advise how the digitalisation of schools. But please, not yet more regulations, decision-makers and applications. This means only the end of federalism and bureaucracy.
Internet for schools: It hooks the digital Pact, 20.10.2018, The are the sticking points of the digital Pact, 06.12.2018 Atlas |Germany |Berlin
