Wissenschaftliche Forschungsvorhaben in Schulen genehmigen

The legal basis is the circular (RdErl.) "Surveys and surveys in schools" of 1 December 2021 (SVBI. p. 647) of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Education.

Would you like to carry out a scientific study, a survey or a series of tests at schools? Then you need a permit for this.

If you want to carry out a survey or survey in schools (surveys, test series, etc.), you must first apply for a permit.

Approval by the school authority (Regional State Office for School and Education) and the consent of the persons concerned (teachers, pupils or their legal guardians) are required.

- concrete description of the project and its detailed description

- Information on the staff involved in the project (name, address and qualifications of the persons responsible for the management and organisation of the project, the body carrying out the survey and the other staff) and other persons who become aware of the survey documents that have not yet been processed

- Identification of the individual schools to be involved in the survey, indication of the grade levels – if applicable, certain subject classes – and the expected number of classes and pupils

- Information on the manner and expected duration of the use by pupils, teachers or legal guardians

- Timeline of the survey

- in the case of applicants from higher education or other education, a statement from the professor responsible for the subject or the project management, in the case of applicants from study seminars, the seminar leader

- in the case of applications from institutions or persons who have their registered office or place of residence outside Lower Saxony, as well as in the case of applicants from the higher education or other education sector who live in Lower Saxony but work or are trained at educational institutions outside Lower Saxony, a special justification for carrying out the survey in Lower Saxony

- Samples of all documents intended to be used in the survey (questionnaires, questionnaires, tests, samples of an information letter for the participants in the survey, etc.) as well as information on the time of anonymisation and the final destruction of the data to be collected

Authorisation may be granted if it can be inferred with reasonable certainty from the documents submitted that:

1. the objective of the survey cannot be achieved by using existing data or test results,

2. the implementation of the measure does not cause any disruption or burden on school operations - not only insignificant,

3. participation is voluntary or, in accordance with Section 30 (3) of the Lower Saxony School Act, participation is mandatory, and

4. either personal data is not processed or the data protection regulations are complied with.

There are no fees.

An application must be submitted in writing in good time, at least three weeks before the start of the intended survey or survey.

If you submit an application with complete documents in writing at least three weeks before the start of the intended survey or survey, you can usually expect it to be processed in a timely manner.

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Scientific research projects in schools (studies, surveys, test series and the like) require approval.

The competent authorities are the Regional State Offices for Schools and Education

The application must be submitted in writing.

Below you will find an information sheet for the application to the Regional State Offices for School and Education (RLSB).