There is a new policy principle, one could call it Groko doctrine. Which is: lower dispute, more important subject, bigger litter, quieter sale. Following Gezanke of family reunification, alleged solution of care emergency was loudly announced. But now future coalition have agreed on subject of education and science, and lake is still resting. Unanimous presentation of results before press, no interpretation battles reafter – and opposition barely makes a beep. The idea is that grand coalition could actually do something big.

What negotiators of CDU/CSU (Annegret Kramp-cart maker and Stefan Müller) and SPD (Hubertus Heil and Manuela Schwesig) presented on Friday can be seen. In addition, future government wants to spend more than ten billion euros on schools, universities and research institutions. There are still a few billions on top of improvement in Kita quality.

Ten pages fill list of promises, most important expenditure items should be full-time guarantee for primary school pupils, extension of number of Bafög recipients and increase in research funding. 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product is to be applied to state and economy to 2025 for research and development. There are not many countries around world that invest so much money in future. The digital pact for schools, negotiated by federal government and Länder, will now be included in coalition agreement. Under Merkel III government he failed on last meters, exploratory plan lacked subject entirely. Now, however, 3.5 billion euros will be channelled into schools for fast internet connections, better servers and modern computers. As a social icing on cake, re is a federal program for focal point schools, still without a concrete sum, but as an idea expandable.

Breaking up cemented structures

But it is not money alone that sets off imagination. The Groko has decided to break up cemented structures: The first example is university funding. The confederation is already paying for new places of study or sponsoring programs, so that future teachers will receive a better education. However, all funding programmes for universities have only been limited in past. Now y are put on permanent: exception becomes rule. "Entry into basic financing of universities by federal government", that is technically. In practice, this is a revolution.

The second example is ban on cooperation. No, it is not completely abolished, CSU has prevented it. But so far, federal states have surrounded ir schools with a wall, a restricted area for federal government. Due to change in Basic Law, wall will have a gate to which Covenant may at least knock. The Ministers of Culture are still gatekeepers, but good ideas and money from confederation will hopefully be adopted in one case or anor.

Will council be a Labergremium?

In order to identify most important fields of future cooperation between federal Government and Länder and to promote systemic wisdom, Groko also wants to set up a council. The model is powerful Council, in which experts toger with specialist politicians draw great lines of science policy.

Of course, questions and objections remain. Where should teachers and educators for new all-day schools come from? Computers alone do not improve lessons! Will Council not be anor Labergremium? All that is right. Good tools do not yet make a good work, as education politician Jürgen tax-collector said. It also needs a master.

With this agenda, Federal Ministry of Education and Research is suddenly interesting for politicians of front row. A few names fall in re. Ilse Aigner from Bavaria was in Berlin in Education committee before she went back re. If you hear Hubertus Heil talking about all-day school and Bafög, man never worked on anor subject. Or how about Annegret Kramp-cart maker? This is not only princess by Angela Merkel and prime minister of Saarland, but has ebendort, which hardly anyone knows, also a ministerial post: she is Minister of Science of Saarland. The education policy of Union and SPD could indeed become something big.

Date Of Update: 03 February 2018, 12:03