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Summer School Mandatory for some Children in Austria
The law targets about 49,000 pupils with low German skills to improve integration; fines up to €1,000 apply for non-attendance beginning in 2027.
- On Wednesday, Austria's parliament approved making two weeks of summer schooling mandatory during the last two weeks of the nine-week summer holidays.
- In recent years experts warned that German skills had worsened, especially in Vienna where many immigrants from Syria and Afghanistan live, and Kronen Zeitung reported almost 51 per cent of primary school pupils were extraordinary pupils in October 2025.
- In Vienna, government estimates more than 20,000 children will attend in the first year, affecting some 49,000 of 1.2 million schoolchildren, with about 26,000 expected to attend this year.
- The bill was backed by the three-party government coalition and the Greens Party, while the Freedom Party of Austria opposed it and parliament relaxed rules allowing extraordinary pupils to advance early; Austria's teachers' union criticised resource allocation for new classes.
- Special classes introduced in 2018 have prompted criticism as `ghetto classes`, while Hermann Brückl, FPÖ education speaker, called the bill a "declaration of surrender" on immigration policy.
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It concerns tens of thousands of children: In Austria, students who can't speak German for lessons have to go to summer school for two weeks. In the event of a refusal, fines are possible.
·Dortmund, Germany
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The children of foreign origin whose German language level is insufficient will have to follow two weeks of compulsory courses during the summer holiday to promote their integration, the Austrian Parliament decided Wednesday, following the opinion of the educational frameworks, reports AFP, taken by News.ro.
·Romania
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The Austrian parliament on Wednesday approved a decision to introduce mandatory two-week summer tuition for children with low German language skills.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right4Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution34% Left, 33% Center, 33% Right
Bias Distribution
- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
34% Left
L 34%
C 33%
R 33%
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