ChristenUnie proposal: bring forward investments in education
The ChristenUnie has a party conference in Nijkerk on Saturday. There she will propose to invest more money in primary education.
The coalition agreement promised 430 million for reducing the workload, but the lion's share of this amount will not be available until the 2021-2022 school year. While the problems are now urgent, according to members of the ChristenUnie (CU). Fifteen of them will be submitting a motion tomorrow, because otherwise 'pupils will suffer from a loss of quality, teachers will drop out and schools will face even greater staff shortages'.
The national board of the party has already assessed the motion positively. That appears from the text that is ready for the CU party congress.
Pupils will suffer from a loss of quality, teachers will drop out and schools will face even greater staff shortages
Minister Arie Slob of the ChristenUnie, responsible for primary and secondary education in the new cabinet, is committed to the agreements he made in the coalition agreement. He cannot, therefore, just do something with the proposal of his own party. However, his group in the House of Representatives - provided the motion is passed at the party congress - will have to do everything in its power to bring forward the investment in primary education.
