Overcrowded classes in Hamm: education under pressure through a lack of teachers!
Overcrowded classes in Hamm: education under pressure through a lack of teachers!
The development of classes in Hamm shows a worrying trend. Wa.de reports that the average class strength in the city is currently with 23.5 pupils, an increase compared to 23.1 five years ago. This is a slow increase, but it is below the nationwide trend in North Rhine-Westphalia with an increase of 0.4 percentage points.
For the school year 2024/25, an average class of 23.9 students was determined in NRW, compared to 23.4 in the school year 2020/21. Over 5,400 schools exist throughout North Rhine-Westphalia, with the majority, 51.9 percent, primary schools, such as Statistics.nrw supplemented.
class thicknesses in detail
The class thicknesses in Hamm vary significantly depending on the school form. Real schools have the highest class size with an average of 27.5 students, which is above the NRW average of 26.7. A little ray of hope is that this number has improved in the previous survey compared to the 27.9 students. The planned expansion of three secondary schools in the city could also help to defuse the situation.
For total school classes, there is an average of 26.5 students in Hamm, which is also below the nationwide average of 27.0. While high schools in Hamm count an average of 25.3 students per class, the NRW average is 27.1. On the other hand, secondary schools have significantly less with 19.7 students, which illustrates the difference to the 20.9 in the NRW average.
The primary schools in Hamm come to 24.9 students on average, which is also above the national average of 24.0. Neighboring communities such as Ahlen, Drensteinfurt and Kamen, on the other hand, have lower average values that are between 20.9 and 24.6
influencing factors on the class size
A central reason for the growing classes are the increasing number of students, which are due to the influx of refugees, especially from Ukraine. wdr reports that in Hamm the situation in schools is currently tense due to a lack of teachers and a high level of immigration. Despite already full classes, new children had to be recorded in a district, which further reinforced the challenges for the teachers.
currently 2,775 teaching positions in the primary schools of the state are vacant. These gaps have direct effects on the lessons and the care of the students. In the school entrance phase, i.e. in the 1st and 2nd classes, the situation is particularly critical because children with learning problems can remain in these classes for up to three years. However, educational success requires small classes, so that two teachers are usually required for more than 22 students in one class.
The combination of high influx, shortage of teachers and rising classes makes it clear that schools in Hamm and North Rhine-Westphalia are facing enormous challenges in order to be able to ensure high-quality education.
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