Slob urges secondary schools to take physical lessons
Education minister Arie Slob is displeased that some secondary schools have already indicated that they will not start classes immediately after the summer holidays. Schools must also provide physical education to all students until the summer, he emphasized again this afternoon during a debate in the House of Representatives.
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Slob responded to questions from VVD member Rudmer Heerema, among others. He argued that schools are in “a privileged position” because they were the first to reopen in the corona crisis, while other sectors were also happy to do so.
Next Wednesday, June 24, the cabinet will make it clear whether secondary school students should still keep a distance of XNUMX meters from each other after the holiday. Then there is also advice on this from the Outbreak Management Team (OMT).
Questions
That one and a half meter rule in secondary education entails a lot of logistical and didactic bumps in practice. pale recently again from a member poll of the AOb.
For example, due to the limited space in school buildings, no more than a quarter to a third of the students can go to school at the same time, less material can be offered and teachers experience that the workload has increased. And while more and more flexibility is being implemented, this also raises questions. Why are the rules so strict for secondary schools, while you are all allowed on a plane? "That is difficult to explain," said CDA MP Michel Rog today.
Why are the rules so strict for secondary schools, while you are all allowed on a plane?
According to the protocol for the reopening in secondary education, pupils must 'have the opportunity to return to as much education as possible at their school'. Institutions themselves have the freedom to give substance to this. Some schools indicated earlier that they would continue the distance learning until the holidays, but would have students come for mentor meetings and tests, for example. Prime Minister Rutte said to that that all students should receive face-to-face education and that schools should not “limit themselves to, for example, a mentor hour or a few tests.” A message that was not for nothing conveyed during the much-watched press conference, Slob announced today. regular physical education must also be offered to all students.”
Really hard
According to the minister, the Education Inspectorate has now received 67 'signals' about 52 schools that fall under the responsibility of forty boards. “I don't want the image to emerge that it is just rubbish everywhere, because many schools work very hard,” says Slob. “But we must not accept it. Pupils have been sitting at home for weeks. The summer holidays will be added to that. ”
Institutions that have already decided to start the new school year with a limited curriculum at school are reminded to wait until June 24. Slob addressed the school boards through the MPs: “I say that over your heads to the schools too: if you are already going to communicate with parents and students about the period after the summer, don't do that. If you've already done that, take that back. ”
