Minister continues to see deploying unauthorized persons as 'teaching time'
Minister Arie Slob continues to see the use of unauthorized persons as 'teaching time', despite the fact that the House of Representatives is unanimously against this. This is evident from a written answer from the minister to questions from the House of Representatives. Lisa Westerveld, Member of Parliament for GroenLinks, will request further explanation from the minister.
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Minister Slob presented one last summer 'emergency plan' against teacher shortages. According to this plan, unauthorized persons are allowed to teach about one day a week at primary schools in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Almere. “The aim remains that pupils receive five days of education from qualified teachers,” said Slob, “but we sometimes end up in situations where that is not possible. The teacher shortage is a major battle. ”
Slob wanted to count the hours that unauthorized people stand in front of the group as 'teaching time' and that was AOb. Because counting hours given by unauthorized persons obscures the teacher shortage. Lisa Westerveld of GroenLinks filed a motion to prevent the unauthorized hours from counting as teaching time. This motion was passed unanimously.
If the whole room wants something, you should do it, I would say
Now, four months later, the House wants to know how the motion is being implemented. To which the minister replied in writing - in a cryptic paragraph - that "This policy rule offers the space, under certain conditions, to have the education provided by another professional for a maximum of 22 hours per month within the teaching time. But don't worry: 'A research agency closely monitors how much and how schools use this space and what impact this has on the quality of education, equality of opportunity, continuity of education, the organization of education, staff shortages and work pressure.'
Unanimous
“I had to read three times before I fully understood what it said,” says Westerveld. “But in the end, the minister just doesn't seem to intend to implement the motion. I think that is quite a lot: it is not a motion that has been passed by a small or large majority in the House: the support is unanimous. As a minister you really have to come from a good background to put that aside. If the entire room wants something, you have to do it, I would say. ” Westerveld will ask the minister for an explanation in a subsequent debate.
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