Pink elephant against teacher shortage
Invest in education and speed up the formation of the Cabinet, because the teacher shortage continues to increase. That is the message that the AOb next Thursday to politicians with the prick campaign 'pink elephant'.
Statue: AOb
Large action meetings are not yet possible because of corona, which is why the AOb will hold a small prick campaign at the House of Representatives next Thursday. “Education must remain high on the political agenda,” says AObchairman Tamar van Gelder. “Teacher shortages are increasing, putting the quality of education under increasing pressure. Solving that issue requires large, structural investments.”
We are going to ensure that politicians can no longer ignore that pink elephant
Minister Arie Slob cannot promise those investments because the cabinet is resigned. “The latter is correct,” says Van Gelder. “But over the past four years, when the minister did have the opportunity, he did not make those investments either. That is why we are waiting impatiently for the arrival of a new cabinet. Pupils have the right to good education, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to continue to provide this due to staff shortages.”
convulsive
Merel van Vroonhoven, champion of the fight against the teacher shortage, described the way in which politicians deal with the teacher shortage as a 'pink elephant': an animal that must be frenetically ignored. “We are going to ensure that politicians can no longer ignore that pink elephant,” says Van Gelder. “Because otherwise the students will suffer.”
