The Education and Sports Department is divided into two departments: Education Section and Sports Section.
The Education Division includes:
The state capital Schwerin is the school authority for the state elementary school, regional schools, grammar schools, vocational schools, special schools, comprehensive schools and evening grammar schools. It has to bear the material costs for the so-called "external school administration". In particular, it owns the school buildings and is responsible for equipping the schools and procuring learning materials.
In addition, the state capital Schwerin, as the "planning authority", has to draw up the school development plans for the general education schools and vocational schools, in which the school network in the state capital Schwerin is laid down for five-year planning periods.
If children attend day nurseries, kindergartens, after-school care centers or are cared for by day care providers, the state capital Schwerin, as the local provider of public youth welfare services, is responsible for approving places and any applications for reductions in parental contributions.
The care of children in day-care facilities or by day-care providers requires that the facility providers and the day-care providers have the appropriate operating licenses, which the state capital is also responsible for issuing.
Last but not least, the state capital Schwerin negotiates the costs for a place in a day nursery, day care center and after-school care with the facility providers and sets the costs for places in day care.
The BAföG Competence Center for the state capital Schwerin and the Ludwigslust-Parchim district issues grants in accordance with the Federal Training Assistance Act.
The following tasks are carried out in the specialist group for sports, construction and finances:
This specialist group is in charge of all construction projects in the municipal schools and sports facilities. This is where the allocation and occupancy of municipal sports facilities takes place. The large number of municipal sports facilities also includes the indoor swimming pool on Großer Dreesch with its sauna. Sports clubs can receive support for their club work within the framework of the municipal sports funding guidelines. The department is also responsible for the physical and technical equipment of public schools.
The aim is to provide a modern and demand-oriented range of childcare places in daycare centers and in daycare for children, as well as to maintain a stable and reliable school network in the state capital Schwerin. The reliable provision of sports facilities for schools, clubs and the population. The department sees itself as a competent point of contact and partner for families, facility providers, day care providers and sports clubs.
In the school sector, the state capital Schwerin acts as a school authority and planning authority for general and vocational schools. In the area of childcare in daycare centers or with a daycare provider, the state capital Schwerin acts as the local provider of public youth welfare services.