Heat -free now also for upper grades: Lower Saxony reacts to heat!

Heat -free now also for upper grades: Lower Saxony reacts to heat!

Hameln, Deutschland - The heat not only troubles the adult, our students also get to fight properly in summer temperatures. But there is good news for all upper grades in Lower Saxony: from now on heat -free is also possible for this age group, which significantly improves the framework conditions for teaching in hot times, reports ndr .

While the regulation for heat -free was previously limited to primary schools and the secondary area I, high school students can now also benefit from this regulation. In the past few days, numerous schools, including the well -known "Gymnasium in the desert" in Osnabrück, have already proclaimed heat -free for all grades. On Monday the lessons ended after the sixth hour and also on Tuesday it was ended after the fourth hour. The school management, represented by Nils Fischer, emphasizes that the rooms were severely heated due to the previous hot days.

regulations for heat -free

To grant heat -free, the decision remains in the hands of the school management. There are no defined outside temperatures that have to trigger such a measure. Before issuing heat -free, the schools are also encouraged to take the first cooling measures. This was necessary by changes in a decree of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Culture of June 27, 2025, which presents improved heat protection, as can be read on the Bildungs ​​portal Lower Saxony

Martin Vornberger, who looks at the new conditions with a future -oriented look, is pleased that vocational schools are also subject to the new guidelines, although they must first be subjected to a hearing. A central aspect is that legal guardians have to be informed about possible early teaching ends in advance. This ensures that children and young people who come to school unexpectedly are also well looked after.

criticism and outlook

The introduction of this regulation is positively received by many sides, but experts and those responsible also express concerns. While the Lower Saxony State Student Council sees a fine thing, it is criticized that many schools in inner -city locations do not have sufficient heat protection measures. Here, in particular, students complain about shortness of breath and weaknesses in concentration. Osnabrück has already announced that it will take additional measures to increase the protection against heat, as on Hitzeservice is recommended.

parents and teachers are challenged when it comes to keeping a cool head in the future. Recommendations contain to check school rooms well, to design break times in such a way that they harmonize with the temperature curve and to introduce regular drinking breaks. In addition, care should be increasingly taken to ensure structural measures, for example by greening and removing the schoolyards.