Education: Germans Want Compulsory Preschool Year and Daycare Language Tests
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Each fourth finds that the daycare centers in Germany are not well prepared for school. This is shown by a study by the Ifo Institute. Almost half of the population does not want families with a migrant background to be given preference in the allocation of places.
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The majority of the population believes that kindergartens should also prepare children for school. However, the new study by the Ifo Institute also shows paradoxical findings.
Most Germans want their children to start compulsory education, including language literacy tests, before they start school, according to a survey by the Ifo Institute, the German news agency (dpa) reports. 72 percent of respondents voted for compulsory one-year pre-school education, and 89 percent for a mandatory German language test. “Early childhood and education are an important foundation for […]
The majority of people in Germany consider the development of early childhood education to be important. For this, more money should also be spent, the Germans find.
A clear majority of Germans are in favor of more mandatory measures in preschool education: 72% believe that the introduction of a mandatory year of preschool education is right, while 79% want uniform, mandatory educational goals throughout the country. An overwhelming majority, 89%, are also in favor of mandatory language tests at the age of four years and six months. This is according to the ifo Education Survey 2026. "Preschool education lay…
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