Kommentar: Erschreckende Zahlen – Deutschland verblödet sich arm
Deutschland redet sich gerade die Köpfe über die Rente mit 63 heiß. Die Gruppe der 20- bis 24-Jährigen ohne Abschluss oder ohne Job bleibt dabei völlig unter dem Radar der Aufmerksamkeit.
Comment: Alarming figures reveal Germany's alarming poverty
With nearly one in ten young people without an apprenticeship or job, the situation is not just a social bomb. It is also a growth brake. To put it bluntly: Germany is starving itself. It is a truism that in a resource-poor country, education is the most important resource. That is why the current figures from the Federal Statistical Office are so alarming.
Comforting as it may seem that Germany is average in the European Union, the causes of poverty are clear once we examine the results of the international education tests Pisa or TIMSS, which assess knowledge in mathematics and natural sciences. Fourth-graders are only average, with far-reaching consequences. The lack of education in natural sciences affects all areas.
If we want to return to the top in innovation and research, we need more engineers and fewer lawyers. It is devastating when we let talented people languish.
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