Mayor Beck warns: Turkish lessons endangered integration!

Mayor Beck warns: Turkish lessons endangered integration!

Tuttlingen, Deutschland - in Tuttlingen it is bubbling! Mayor Michael Beck raises the alarm: Turkish teachers who were sent from home could convey backwards roles and social pictures. In a city in which 18 percent of the population has Turkish roots, this is a hot topic!

BECK is concerned about the eleven schools in Tuttlingen who offer additional native language lessons. Here the students are not only in front of teachers, but also in front of a system that acts outside of state control. "We have to make sure that everything that happens in our schools is subject to state supervision," Beck urges. He is a supporter of integration, but the way the lessons is designed gives him to think. "You just have to look out of the window to see which image of society and roles is conveyed here," continued Beck.

The Situation in class

in Tuttlingen, a city with 38,000 inhabitants, is guided by the native language lessons by teachers who come directly from Turkey. This is only done in exceptional cases, such as at a comprehensive school in Cologne, where Turkish language lessons are offered as a regular subject. Beck sees the need to question the content and methods of teaching to ensure that they correspond to the values ​​and norms of German society.

The mayor's concerns are not unfounded. At a time when integration and cultural exchange are more important than ever, lessons in schools must meet the requirements of a modern society. Beck's appeal to those responsible is clear: it takes more control and supervision of native language lessons to ensure that the students are not confronted with outdated or problematic worldviews.