Education inflation

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The inflation of education describes a process in which more and more graduates from schools , vocational institutions, colleges and universities achieve various degrees with better grades (average grades ) and still perform increasingly poorly in a comparative test or in studies nationally or internationally . This process therefore stands for more and supposedly “better” educational qualifications, which are accompanied by a real decline in educational quality.

causes

This inflation process began with the perception of the educational disadvantage of certain social groups and the attempt to counteract this. This "inflation of education" can therefore also be understood as part of the educational paradox.

This is based on the political will to increase the “permeability” of educational qualifications without improving the actual performance of pupils, trainees and students. This can be achieved, among other things, by a lower "point-grade key" (fewer points for better censorship) and various " disadvantage compensations " (e.g. more time for exams for people with a migration background), and thus the requirements for a degree continuously decreased. Disadvantage compensations were originally designed for people with " handicaps " ( disabilities thought), but are now also on the socially disadvantaged and people with an immigrant background used.

The real cause is the promises made by all parties to improve education in Germany. After each legislative period, there are again elections and the ruling parties now want to present measurable evidence of an alleged improvement. Consequently, the grades or the qualifications have to be improved, which, however, mean a real decrease in performance and not an increase. This takes place through the indirect influence of the Ministers of Education or the Conference of Ministers of Education on the awarding of marks or the notation and compensation for disadvantages. Education in Germany has thus become the plaything of politics, which has set a downward spiral in motion.

Some politicians see the cause of the problem in the evaluation of educational results per se and demand the abolition of censorship or grades for evaluation. It remains to be seen how the quality of the educational outcomes will also be ensured in the future.

Problem of economy

Educational institutions in Germany are more and more subject to profitability . This means that the educational mandate is increasingly on the " defensive ", and what counts is what pays off. Educational qualifications thus become a product that is marketed. Schools and universities receive state funding depending on their number of pupils or students. Educational institutions try to have as many learners and students as possible.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ferdinand Knauß: The inflation of the Abitur . In: Economic Week. , January 18, 2013
  2. ↑ Jörg Friedrich: Inflation and depreciation of educational qualifications . In: heise online. , September 7, 2012
  3. ↑ George Turner: Stop Education Inflation . In: Der Tagesspiegel. , May 12, 2015
  4. ^ Matthias Iken : An uncomfortable truth about integration in Berlin's schools . In: Berliner Morgenpost. , April 12, 2018
  5. ↑ Josef Kraus: Here the 1.0-Abis have quadrupled in ten years . In: Welt N24 , December 12, 2016
  6. ↑ Norbert Holst: Bremen FDP wants to reintroduce grades in elementary schools . In: Weser Kurier , February 13, 2019
  7. ↑ Erhard Herrmann: CDU wants to be the strongest party . In: Moz.de , February 20, 2019
  8. ↑ Maik Riecken: Note inflation. May 3, 2009, accessed February 23, 2019 .
  9. ^ NDR editorial team: Abitur exams: Minister of Education helps students. May 11, 2016, accessed May 6, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Özcan Mutlu: School grades say nothing about the intelligence of the students . In: Tagesspiegel CAUSA , March 21, 2017
  11. ^ Katja Friedrich, Klaus Meisel, Hans-Joachim Schuldt: Economic efficiency in further education institutions . Published by W. Bertelsmann Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. , 3rd edition 2005, ISBN 3-7639-1899-X
  12. ^ Josef Kraus: Privatization in the education sector . Publisher: Deutscher Lehrerverband , Fachtagung 2006