Inflation causes poverty in education, at home and in the classroom

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Inflation is cutting in: education staff are reporting en masse of children who come to school without breakfast or lunchbox.

4 OctoberForty percent of teaching staff say they will run into financial problems if a wage increase is not introduced until the spring - with new collective labor agreements. This is evident from a AObsurvey among more than 1700 teachers and support staff. More than half of the teaching staff see poverty among their pupils and students: 'no lunch and broken shoes'. READ MORE

Payment for women in higher education lags behind

4 October The pay gap in higher education is shrinking, but women still earn on average more than 200 euros per month less than men. This is evident from research by Zestor, the labor market and training fund for higher professional education. READ MORE

CO2 meter mandatory in every classroom

30 Sep. A CO2 meter must be installed in every classroom in primary and secondary education. Education Minister Dennis Wiersma announced this today. READ MORE

Teaching intern usually works for free

30 Sep. Schools treat their interns very differently. Both in guidance and responsibilities, and in payment. “The intern is used to plug gaps and has to figure it out further.” READ MORE

Piggy banks appropriate education still fuller than agreed

28 Sep. At the end of 2021, the regional partnerships for appropriate education still had 131 million euros in potentially excessive reserves in the bank. The surplus piggy banks are indeed shrinking, but a lot less than had been agreed. READ MORE

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