Elizabeth Gehrer (* 11. May 1942 in Vienna geb. Pokorny) is a Austrian federal minister for '' education, science and culture '' in the Federal Government dish II.

Vita

Elizabeth Gehrer locked her training at the teacher educational establishment in Innsbruck. It vocationally functioned from 1961 to 1964 as people lady teacher in hard in the Zillertal and afterwards two years at the elementary school Lochau. Gehrers political functions were town councillor in Bregenz, vice-president of the Vorarlberger of federal state parliament, member of the Vorarlberger federal state government and office-prominent president of the national school advice. 1995 were appointed Elizabeth Gehrer the federal minister for instruction and cultural affairs and selected the federal chairman placing representative of the Since 1999 it is deputy Parteiobfrau of the since the year 2000 federal minister for education, science and culture.

Political emphasis and current topics

Development of professional schools

The development of the professional schools as alternative to the universities is an emphasis of the current education politics. The goal are 33,000 FH-studying up to the year 2010.FH-Entwicklungsplan III, 2004 the mechanism of professional schools has the Council of Ministers in the 1993 on request of science Minister Erhard Busek beschlossenBGBl.Nr. 340/1993, the national council the law a little later passed. 1994 began 674 Austrians FH-training. Since then this number rose to that nearly 40fache. In the winter semester 2005/2006 25,727 persons operated a specialized higher education, 42 per cent of it women. In more than 200 courses of studies above all training in economics, technology and Computer/IT are offered. Statistics Austria, press text 8.547-56/06 of 24.3.2006

Introduction Bakkalaureatsstudium

In the context of the disputed university reform 2002 among other things also the Bakkalaureatsstudium was introduced as shortened form of a university conclusion into Austria. This is on the 1999 accomplished agreement of the European Union states on the harmonization of the study forms and the three speed system Bakkalaureat, Magisterium, to lead back doctorate in the "Bologna explanation". Responsible science Minister was 1999 Caspar one.

Institutes for Science and Technology - Austria

On initiative of the Viennese of experimental physicist Anton Zeilinger the concept of a "elite university" was sketched, in which Wissenschafter are to operate scientific-technical research on highest level. In February 2006 Elizabeth Gehrer decided against the desire of her expert commission for the location Maria Gugging with monastery new castle. Thereupon Zeilinger put its cooperation back at the project. The plan to call the elite university "Wittgenstein institute" had to be rejected after protests of the Wittgenstein descendants. Likewise all protested against this decision in an open letter. The name was changed for Austria" (ISTA) on "institutes for Science and Technology -. To 14.2.2006 Zeilinger, he explained was available for the project under certain conditions again. To 29.3.2006 the project in the national council with the voices of the government parties became, and the oppositionals decided

PISA study

The results of the first PISA study 2001 were still quite good for Austria due to the still existing defaults in the international average (11. Place). With the study 2004 however a crash on the 19 took place. Rank. This crash is attributed to drastic financial shortening: So minister Gehrer has for example exactly within those ranges, within which the study pointed 2004 large lack out, some years before the curricula and - grant shortened. Still dramatically the situation shows up with the pupils of the poly-technical training courses as well as the vocational schools, in which it showed itself that the read authority is under from Thailand, Mexico and Brazil. The past argument Gehrers, the bad total result would be to be due only to the results from the professional training schools, was in the meantime disproved. Also the High Schools stand in the Central European comparison to rear Stelle.Um to achieve for the reputation of Austrian education politics important improvement of the Pisa Rankings (Austria stands at 19. Place), started the trade union public service together with minister Gehrer and the federal chamber of economics a project to prepare by means of a folder the pupils who can be examined for the of such tests. A conversion of promised, politico-educational improvements did not take place despite all announcements. This criticism is expressed above all, but not only, by the Austrian co-ordinator for the PISA study, Haider.

On the part of the education Ministry the Austrian part of the PISA study is criticized, since with the selection of the schools, the data comparison and the comparison of Austrian educational facilities with not similar international educational facilities such serious errors would have been committed that the result could not be than scientifically respectablly evaluated any more. The director/conductor of the PISA study its party-political proximity becomes the which subordinates largest Austrian opposition party, accused and thus objectivity lacking.

Study fees, separating and hour shortening

In the last years under the direction of minister Gehrer numerous violently disputed reforms were accomplished, so among other things an hour shortening at the Austrian schools and the introduction of the study fees, which them still few days before the resolution of the fees had categorically excluded. Also separating the Austrian universities was criticized on the part of the opposition and the universities, since the financial situation of the universities visibly worsened.

Acknowledgment of Albanian university diplomas and scientific title

In connection with the award of the nut Theresa medal Mrs. Gehrer Albania assured the acknowledgment of Albanian university diplomas and scientific title by Austria. Critics expressed themselves surprised, since the education and university system in Albania on third world developing country standard move. An acknowledgment of for example Czech, slowakischen or Hungarian university Universities of, their university standard at least directly, if than from Austria is not partly higher, is in this country comparatively clearly more with difficulty.

Trivia

• In August 2003 Elizabeth Gehrer in an interview with the daily paper said the press: The press, 23.8.2003 "after my understanding fulfilled the older generation the generation contract. It provided for its parents, and it got children." Now one is to argue publicly with which the task of the boys is. "Children are the best future safety device, over it must one talk. What makes the life worth About if one rushes from party to party, is it the single This quotation was reduced to the Slogan of "children instead of parties", for given Gehrer violent criticism and caused an emotional value discussion in Austria. The Slogan of "children instead of parties" was selected from 1100 journalists and private ones to the saying of the yearly 2003. The press, 18.12.2003, S.10
• The Lifetime Achievement Award lent with the Big bread ago Awards was renamed in Austria 2004 short hand in for the nachhaltigste approximation to the Romanvorlage 1984 ", after Elizabeth Gehrer had won this price 3 years one behind the other.
• In the first APA/OGM Vertrauensindex for federal politicians 2006 Gehrer reserved the third-worst seat after Heinz Christian Strache and Haider (of the latter).

Sources

Related links

• Federal Ministry for education, science and art
• Personal record (www.bmbwk.gv.at)

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