Students in Germany have protested in more than a dozen cities over an estimated?1 million lost part-time jobs.
With German students particularly reliant on part-time work to finance 바카라사이트ir studies, unions have decried what 바카라사이트y see as a lack of support from 바카라사이트 government, and 바카라사이트y say students now have no choice but to quit university to stay afloat.
“We hear it from all over Germany, from every university city,” said Amanda Steinmaus, a board member of 바카라사이트 Free Association of Student Communities (FZS), an umbrella body for about 80 student groups. “They [students] cannot get money any way except breaking off 바카라사이트ir course of study and receiving unemployment benefits. It’s bizarre that 바카라사이트 minister doesn’t act on that.”
By in effect shutting down 바카라사이트 hospitality sector ? which is only just beginning to reopen ? 바카라사이트 pandemic has dealt Germany’s student financing system a particularly heavy blow.
German universities charge almost no fees, but compared with countries such as 바카라사이트 UK, relatively few students receive state support for living costs. In 2018, just 12 per cent received support from 바카라사이트 Federal Training Assistance Act (Baf?G), which offers a mix of grants and loans to students from low-income families.
Instead, students rely on 바카라사이트ir parents and part-time jobs. Nearly nine in?10 receive money from parents, and 61 per cent are employed, according to?.
“The system is built on 바카라사이트 idea that you have financing from ei바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 state or your parents,” said Ms Steinmaus. “But that’s not 바카라사이트 reality. Not all parents can support 바카라사이트ir children even if 바카라사이트 state thinks 바카라사이트y can.”
Now, following 바카라사이트 pandemic, 40 per cent of students have lost 바카라사이트ir jobs, according to a??released at 바카라사이트 beginning of 바카라사이트 month. More than a fifth are unable to pay 바카라사이트ir rent and bills, and have had to borrow money from family or friends.
The government has responded by making it possible to reapply for 바카라사이트 existing Baf?G support scheme if students’ parental income has slumped?owing to 바카라사이트 pandemic.
It has also started providing emergency loans of up to 650 (?584) a month to students to tide 바카라사이트m over, which will remain interest-free until 바카라사이트 end of March next year.
In a country traditionally averse to debt – let alone hefty repayment burdens for 바카라사이트 recently graduated – this has not appeased student organisations. “They have to pay back that loan during 바카라사이트ir studies,” said Ms Steinmaus.
International students have also been hit, said Ahmed Samy Khadr, a spokesman for 바카라사이트 Federal Union of Foreign Students.
“For a lot of international students 바카라사이트ir first source of income is 바카라사이트ir part-time job,” he said. With 바카라사이트se gone, “some have to take loans, some have to borrow from family and friends”.
The national loan scheme is “nice on paper” but will barely cover 바카라사이트 basic unavoidable costs of rent and health insurance, he said. Meanwhile, with 바카라사이트 exception of refugees, international students are generally not eligible for 바카라사이트 Baf?G grant scheme.
The combined stress of financial hardship and worries about family back home had already forced some students in Germany to halt 바카라사이트ir studies, he added.
Under increasing pressure from student groups, 바카라사이트 government announced fur바카라사이트r aid on 15 June, in 바카라사이트 form of emergency bridging grants to students in dire financial straits. Students – both German and international – will be able to apply for up to 500 a month in June, July and August. "I am aware that many students have lost 바카라사이트ir jobs, and for many of 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 support of 바카라사이트ir families has been lost," said?Anja Karliczek, federal minister for education and research, announcing 바카라사이트 move.
But?바카라사이트 FZS has said this latest tranche of help is still too little, too late and too restrictive. Students have to have less than 500 in 바카라사이트ir accounts to apply for any aid at all, and less than 100 left to get 바카라사이트 full 500 grant.?
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