Heat -free for upper grades: Lower Saxony reacts to the summer heat!

Heat -free for upper grades: Lower Saxony reacts to the summer heat!

The summer heat is difficult for many people, and schools in Lower Saxony also have to react affected. From now on, students from the upper grades in Lower Saxony can now get heat -free. Before that, this was only true for primary schools and the secondary area I, such as Delmenews reported.

The decision to allow heat -free also for the upper grades is a reaction to the increasing extreme heat waves in the summer months. Minister of Culture Julia Willie Hamburg has emphasized that schools first have to check other measures to cool down, such as the use of cooler rooms or the provision of water before they can pronounce heat -free. This even applies to temperatures above 30 degrees, since there is no legal entitlement to heat-free, such as the ndr added.

Schools decide daily -up

The decision about heat -free is the responsibility of the school management. These must be updated on daily regulation, whereby no fixed outside temperatures are specified. This makes the schools scope to react to the specific conditions. However, vocational schools are excluded from this new regulation, which indicates a further need for negotiations. A hearing on this topic is still pending.

With the inclusion of the upper grades in the heat-free regulation, the Lower Saxony State Student Council has welcomed an important step after which the student representative had long demanded. Teachers and pupils feel extremely challenging to work in overheated classrooms. The positive effects of a heat-free regulation could therefore not be underestimated.

measures against heat stress

To protect children and minimize health risks through heat, experts recommend adapting school operations during heat waves. According to the heat service, learning and break times should be adapted to the temperature. The nocturnal ventilation of the rooms, regular drinking breaks and the use of shading also help to improve the indoor climate. Schools should also ensure that heat warnings and relevant information are passed on to parents and children, according to the Hitzeservice .

The challenge of arming school buildings against the summer heat is reinforced by the fact that heat waves in Germany's northwest now accept Mediterranean trains. In cities such as Osnabrück, heat protection plans are created, which also consider structural measures to improve the school situation.