Slob wants to continue with unauthorized people in front of the class
Education minister Arie Slob (ChristenUnie) is continuing the experiment whereby unauthorized persons are allowed to teach one day a week in five large cities. Slob: “This remains an emergency situation, it is not intended to become structural. I find this acceptable in extreme situations. ”
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The minister said this during a debate in the House of Representatives today.
Previously released AObchairman Eugenie Stolk know that the AOb fundamental objections opposes the trial in which unauthorized persons are allowed to teach in primary schools in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Almere for about one day a week. This is allowed because the need is greatest in these cities.
In the Algemeen Dagblad Stolk did this morning together with Jan van de Ven of the Teachers' Collective another call to the members of parliament to call the minister to order. According to them, the question is: 'Are we going to experiment or invest'?
Not new normal
The minister announced today that he chooses to continue the trial - which is also included in the cities' emergency plans to combat the teacher shortage. “Those plans also include things that do not belong to the new normal,” Slob emphasized. “The aim remains that pupils receive five days of education from qualified teachers, but we sometimes end up in situations where that is not possible. The teacher shortage is a major battle.”
Minister Slob: 'The aim remains that pupils receive five days of education from qualified teachers, but there are sometimes situations in which that is not possible'
Remmen
With built-in 'emergency brakes', the minister hopes to keep a grip on the trial with the unauthorized persons. For example, the participation council may approve whether a school will participate in the trial. There are also restrictions on the registration of schools, which will be done at a national level. You can register for one year, for example.
Day care
MPs are critical. For example, Lisa Westerveld (GroenLinks) wondered why it was not decided to make the profession more attractive by better rewarding teaching staff, or by bringing people with an education diploma back to the classroom. "Instead, the profession is now being devalued." SP MP Peter Kwint fears that the experiment will never be abolished. “A structural solution to the teacher shortage is not yet in sight. There is no education without authorized teachers. That is shelter. ” D66 also wants education to be provided by qualified teachers.
Lisa Westerveld (GroenLinks): 'The profession is being devalued'
Teaching time
In a letter to the House, the AOb not to count the hours for unauthorized persons with the teaching time, so that the teacher shortage is not covered up. Several MPs also urged the minister to do this. Slob eventually promised to look into it, but also thinks that it is precisely because of the trial that the spotlight is on the shortage. He states that what it will deliver is monitored. “Precisely because we are doing this, the shortage is on the table, because unauthorized people in front of the class already happened. Now we have an overview,” said the minister.
Hoenderloo
The debate was the last before the summer recess and so several topics were discussed. This is how Slob reacted to the closure of the Hoenderloo College. According to the minister, a suitable place has not yet been found for nine pupils of this school. "If there are students for whom there is no place yet, education must also be offered after August 1." The inspectorate is on top of arranging everything properly for the students. About the closed social plan Slob is happy, although he did not say that the way this had to be done was pretty. Slob: "It's not a pleasant situation, I can't make it more beautiful than it is."
Read also the outcome of the motions submitted during this debate: House of Representatives without authorization for class does not count as teaching time
