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Current news and updates on education, schools and LernSax from Saxony, Dresden, Chemnitz and Leipzig.

Abitur exams start in Saxony (archive photo). / Photo: Matthias Bein/dpa

Abitur exams start in Saxony

The Abitur examinations begin next week for 10,837 pupils at general secondary schools, colleges and evening grammar schools in Saxony. Minister of Education Conrad Clemens wished them strong nerves and every success. He also thanked the teachers: "T ..

There are slightly more students in Saxony than in the previous year. (Archive image) / Photo: Arno Burgi/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

Slightly more students in Saxony

Slightly more students were enrolled at Saxony's universities in the previous year than in 2023. According to the State Statistical Office, 103,714 students were enrolled in the 2024/25 winter semester, 0.3 percent more than in the previous year. A t ..

Saxony's universities are also under pressure to cut costs. (Archive image) / Photo: Sebastian Willnow/dpa

Saxony's universities under cost pressure

Science is to remain a priority of Saxon politics in the future and yet, like all other areas, is under cost pressure. "The budget of the Ministry of Science will have to contribute to the overall consolidation. This requires the solidarity of all in ..

Culture Minister Conrad Clemens has presented a package of measures to the cabinet to improve the safety of school lessons (archive photo). / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Lessons lost at Saxon schools to be halved

A bundle of measures is to halve the number of lessons missed at schools in Saxony. This was announced by Culture Minister Conrad Clemens (CDU). In rural areas in particular, lessons are sometimes only covered to 70 or 80 percent. "Things cannot cont ..