Rosenheim schools on the rise: 2 million euros for educational opportunities!

Rosenheim schools on the rise: 2 million euros for educational opportunities!

In Rosenheim there is great news for the educational institutions and, above all, for the students: eight schools can look forward to participating in the Start Opportunities program of the Federal Research Ministry and the Bavarian State Government. This program aims to strengthen educational and equal opportunities and reduce the connection between social background and educational success. How rosenheim24 reports, more than 100 schools in Bavaria are already benefiting from this support, and an additional 480 schools will be added nationwide for the 2025/26 school year.

The school selection process is based on a Bavarian social index that takes various socio-economic indicators into account. These include, among other things, the child poverty rate, the proportion of employees above the contribution assessment limit and the proportion of children whose family language is not German. Schools in particular need receive the urgently needed support in order to better support their students.

The Rosenheim schools in focus

Among the eight schools in Rosenheim now benefiting from the program are:

• Staatl. Berufsschule I
• Astrid-Lindgren-Grundschule
• Grundschule Fürstätt
• Grundschule Happing
• Mittelschule Am Luitpoldpark
• Mittelschule Fürstätt
• Grundschule Prinzregentenschule
• Sonderpädagogisches Förderzentrum

Over the entire duration of the program, these schools can count on more than two million euros in funding to create modern learning environments, introduce digital tools and employ additional specialists. This will not only increase the quality of education, but also open up new opportunities for children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds.

Bavaria and educational equality

The StartChances program comes at a time when educational equality in Bavaria leaves a lot to be desired. A current study by the Ifo Institute shows that only around 20.1% of children from disadvantaged backgrounds attend high school - which puts Bavaria in last place in a nationwide comparison. BR illustrates this by pointing out the serious differences: While over 50% of children from higher social classes take the path to high school, this remains blocked for many children from disadvantaged families.

This inequality means that educational success depends heavily on the social status of the parents, which makes the need for programs such as the StartChances program all the more clear. In addition, education experts show that early childhood education and longer primary school periods are crucial for equal opportunities.

The initiative in Rosenheim is therefore a small but important step in the right direction to mitigate differences and better respond to the needs of all students. It remains to be hoped that many more schools can benefit from this progress and that educational equality in Bavaria will finally be raised to a better level.