2.5 million is now the official number of students enrolled in German universities. This is according to German media zeit.de.<\/p>\n
Measured by the German Federal Statistics Office, there were only 1.9 million students enrolled in 2001. <\/p>\n
\u00bbThis can be due to an increase in the number of students graduating from vocational high schools\u00ab, says Roderich Egele, president of the Federal Statistics Office.<\/p>\n
The downside of the increase is the inability of the universities to provide a better academic environment for all the students, say critics.<\/p>\n
Young German men used to have to do military service. This was suspended last year. January 2011 saw the last batch of recruits for this scheme.<\/p>\n
The suspension of this law is cited as the major reason for increase in student enrollment since 2011.<\/p>\n
The teacher student ratio in Germany has decreased from 1 in 23.6 to 1 to 24.5 in the last couple of years. The universities cite less funding as a reason for this.<\/p>\n
Over the last decade, 50 per cent more staff have been employed by universities, but they can’t keep track, says German Students organisation (DSW). They want better teaching.<\/p>\n
An affordable roof over their heads, a cafeteria and expert study advice are some of the things the DSW wants.<\/p>\n
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