LVO driver Postema is still leaving due to exam drama
The Limburg board chairman André Postema will resign from his position at the Limburg Secondary Education Foundation (LVO) with immediate effect after the final exam drama earlier this year. LVO announced this to all employees today.
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Postema will stop at the request of the supervisory board. Jan Schrijen, the chairman of the supervisory board, is also stepping down. An interim manager will take over Postema's duties until a new director is found. 'With their stepping down, André Postema and the chairman of the Supervisory Board want to account for what went wrong at VMBO Maastricht', LVO writes. on their website.
Under pressure
Last June, an exam drama came to light at VMBO Maastricht, one of the LVO schools: 354 exams were declared invalid. Postema's position was under pressure, but nevertheless the supervisory board made it announced at the end of September that Postema's contract was extended for another two years. Members of Parliament were displeased with this decision and entered into a debate with Education Minister Arie Slob. The minister also hinted that Postema would have to step down from his position.
The supervisory board wanted Postema to stay to lead the 'recovery operation' that followed the exam drama. The school now writes in a press release: 'With the graduation of the last group of affected students of VMBO Maastricht, the recovery operation enters a new phase. With that, and because of the completion of the inspectorate's investigations, the time has come to make room for a new board. '
Research
According to LVO, the Education Inspectorate also concludes administrative errors in their yet-to-be-published investigation. For example, the board did not make adjustments in time and was unable to prevent the problems from arising. In addition to VMBO Maastricht, 'shortcomings' have also been identified by the inspectorate at other schools.
Postema published today on his Facebook page a statement. In it, the director writes that he is 'bewildered' about the inspection of the inspectorate and that the whole situation with the exams and problems at VMBO Maastricht has been 'politicized'.
