The new Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) advocates vaccinating significantly more in school. “We have to go to schools more and make vaccination offers there. That has to be at the top of the agenda of the federal states in order to keep the schools open “, said Stark-Watzinger the Tagesspiegel (Sunday edition).
It is conceivable that the school doctor will vaccinate during the long break. “Or mobile vaccination teams that go to schools. Of course, always in consultation with the parents, ”emphasized Stark-Watzinger. It is important that the vaccination offer for children and adolescents is low-threshold. “I see that, along with hygiene measures and digital offers, as the key to reliably running the school,” she explained.
School closings as a last resort
From the point of view of Stark-Watzinger, schools must not be closed again across the board. School closings should be the very last resort, she said. “Before doing this, we should do without other things. In short: as long as we can still go to the football stadium, no school is allowed to close. “
In an interview with Tagesspiegel, Stark-Watzinger also talks about Germany’s educational problem and how digitization could change schools. You can read the whole conversation here at Tagesspiegel Plus.
