According to Unicef, 1.3 million children in Germany are at risk of long-term poverty. One of the children’s charities’ demands is: more investment in the education sector.
According to a report by the children’s charity Unicef, spending on primary schools in Germany is very low compared to other countries. At 0.7 percent of gross domestic product in 2019, Germany invested 1.2 percentage points less in primary school education than leader Sweden and barely more than bottom-place Romania. This is shown by the report “A Promise to Youth” published on Thursday by family sociologist Hans Bertram in the Unicef commission on the situation of children in Germany in 2023.
“Germany must invest in the education sector, especially in underfunded primary schools,” demanded Georg Graf Waldersee, Chairman of Unicef Germany. According to Unicef, too many children are left behind early in school and ultimately do not graduate. The children’s charity reported that 1.3 million children in Germany are currently at risk of long-term poverty.
According to Unicef, disadvantaged children in Germany include those who grow up with only one parent as well as children who have more than two siblings or whose first language is not German.
Source: Stern
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