Slob does not see an emergency package for education
Minister Arie Slob is not making an emergency package available for education. The AOb, other unions and primary and secondary school boards called for a $ 423,5 million package early in the summer to address staff shortages and high workloads.
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The cabinet is already investing heavily in salaries and work pressure in primary education, Minister Slob writes a letter to the House of Representatives in response to questions from MP Paul van Meenen (D66). "As I have said before, there is currently no room to make additional resources available."
As I have said many times before, there is currently no room to make additional resources available
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Slob thus rejects the emergency package that both the unions and employer want. These parties calculated that 423,5 million euros is needed in the short term to counter the problems in education. They wanted to reduce the workload in primary education, close the pay gap between primary and secondary education, better pay for teachers who teach special education and money for staff who work in schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
In his answers, the minister refers to the subsidy scheme for the regional approach. Regions can thus take specific tailor-made measures themselves.
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AObchair Liesbeth Verheggen said at the beginning of the summer about the emergency kit: 'It is the difference between an empty class and a class with a motivated teacher. At the moment, the children in the Netherlands do not even know whether they will all have a teacher next year. What poverty. '
