Investment backlog in schools hampers educational performance

The KfW Municipal Panel 2016 has revealed a backlog of investment in the education sector of around EUR 34 billion. At the same time, investment requirements continue to increase. A current paper by KfW Research explains that this backlog of investment can have an adverse impact on educational success in Germany. The trend in municipal school construction activity is not only declining but differs greatly from one federal state to another. There are many reasons for the wide variations. Chief among them, however, are probably the differences in budgetary leeway among the municipalities. All federal levels are therefore called upon to make Germany's education system fit for the future.

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