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School Minister Dorothee Feller reports that NRW has taken in thousands of refugee children since the beginning of the war. Some are waiting for school places.
Since the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine a year ago, the schools in North Rhine-Westphalia have taken in more than 37,000 Ukrainian children and young people who have fled. This was announced by School Minister Dorothee Feller (CDU) on Wednesday. Other Ukrainians are still waiting for school places.
NRW helps children and young people from the Ukraine
In the past few months, the number of those who have not yet been assigned a school place has been “noticeably and continuously” reduced, says Feller. In mid-February, 537 Ukrainians still had no school place after the counseling session. Another 310 children and young people were still waiting for their counseling session.
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“The Russian invasion brought great suffering to Ukraine,” Feller said. “It is our humanitarian task to take in the children and young people affected by the war and to help them.”
More than 100 Ukrainian teachers hired
Depending on their individual knowledge of German and their level of learning, the Ukrainian children are divided directly into regular classes or their own learning groups. In order to integrate them quickly, a transition to the control system is sought after two years at the latest, it said.
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More than 4,300 additional positions have been made available to ensure that the students who have fled are taught. In addition, the schools have already been able to hire 1,266 temporary teachers, 102 of whom are Ukrainian nationals.
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