Der Sächsische Landtag und die Digitalisierung der Schulen 2017 bis 2021: Aktivitäten und Themen vor und während der Covid-19-Pandemie

Abstract

How did the state parliament of Saxony deal with the topic of digitization at schools and how did the Covid-19 pandemic increase the problem’s immediacy? This question was investigat­ed by means of quantitative and qualitative analyses of parliamentary activities between 2017 and 2021 . The empirical evaluation for the period before the pandemic yields only a few activities in the Landtag, with the majority of initiatives coming from a cross-bencher . The­matically, the processes in 2017 and 2018 concentrated on digitization-related measures of the state government in general (or demands in this regard) as well as details of technical implementation . Despite the DigitalPakt going into effect in 2019, a period of inactivity fol­lowed for almost two years . Acute pressure to act set in when children had to be taught at home due the Covid 19 pandemic beginning in March 2020 . As the media analysis shows, the issue received constant and partly even high attention, with critical reports predominat­ing especially during the period of the second school closure . However, this problem pressure was not clearly reflected in the activities of the state parliament, either in terms of time or content, even though parliamentary interest increased noticeably during the pandemic . The­matically, the parliamentary groups turned their attention to the DigitalPakt and the design of media education concepts .