Education: Many teachers part-time - one in three 50 years or older
Education: Many teachers part-time - One in three 50 years or older
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Education: Many teachers part-time - One in three 50 years or older. There were also clear differences between the federal states: While in Hamburg (55 percent) and Bremen (52 percent) in the school year 2024/2025 more than half of the teachers at general education schools taught part-time, this was only true for almost every fourth teacher in Thuringia (23 percent) and Saxony-Anhalt (24 percent). At the same time, more than one in three teachers is at least 50 years old.
Furthermore, Female teachers work particularly often part-time especially women often reduce their working hours: the part-time rate for female teachers (51 percent) in the school year 2024/2025 was more than twice as high as for teachers (23 percent). This was still above average and was at the general education schools at around 73 percent.
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Education: Many teachers part-time - One in three 50 years or older.
reliability moderate2/4 sourcesThere were also clear differences between the federal states: While in Hamburg (55 percent) and Bremen (52 percent) in the school year 2024/2025 more than half of the teachers at general education schools taught part-time, this was only true for almost every fourth teacher in Thuringia (23 percent) and Saxony-Anhalt (24 percent).
reliability low1/3 sourcesAt the same time, more than one in three teachers is at least 50 years old.
reliability low1/3 sources
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Female teachers work particularly often part-time especially women often reduce their working hours: the part-time rate for female teachers (51 percent) in the school year 2024/2025 was more than twice as high as for teachers (23 percent).
according to Der TagesspiegelThis was still above average and was at the general education schools at around 73 percent.
according to Der Tagesspiegel
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