Demand for teacher quick test is increasing
To avoid waiting times at the GGDs, schools across the country have started to purchase corona tests themselves. The House of Representatives has already asked for teachers to give priority to the test streets, but there is no prospect of that as yet. 'The fact that teachers have to wait so long for the results of a test is a disdain for all their work over the past six months.'
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One of the schools that has purchased commercial tests is the Noordenveld school umbrella for public primary education in Drenthe, reports RTV Drenthe. 'Because a teacher had mild colds, we had four substitutes in a group last week', director Han Sijbring told the broadcaster. 'And that at the start of the school year, when students need a lot of peace and structure.'
That was no longer possible, which is why the Sijbring School Foundation has now purchased commercial corona tests. 'The waiting time at the GGD is one week. At the commercial party, a teacher who is tested in the morning often gets the results the next day. ' And if that result is negative, as in most cases, the teacher can return to class quickly.
It is inconceivable that teachers have to wait a week for the results
Also the Dr. Nassau College for secondary education in Assen has purchased its own tests. "I have 550 employees, of which about ten to twenty are now awaiting a test or result," says board chairman Marcel Klaverkamp to RTV Drenthe. 'It is impossible that they have to wait days for a test and then wait two days for a result. That way we'll be a whole week further in no time.'
The Groningen foundation Quadraten has purchased tests from HetHuisartslab, director Patrick Tuil tells RTV Noord. As well as the Winkler Prins in Veendam. Director Ferdinand Vinke has no doubts about it: 'The GGD takes too long and we want to limit the cancellation of lessons.'
Very sad
And the Marenland foundation in Groningen is ready to purchase commercial tests as soon as the time comes for classes to go home. Although director Geert Bijleveld actually thinks that teachers should be given priority at the test locations of the GGD. He finds the fact that teachers have to wait a long time for the results of tests 'deeply sad and almost contempt for the work that teachers have done in the past six months', says Bijleveld on RTV Noord. 'There are companies where employees don't even come to the office yet; teachers are in front of the class every day.'
There are companies where employees don't even come to the office yet; teachers are in front of the class every day.
On the other side of the country, in Zeeland, De Mondia School Group is also considering having teachers tested at a commercial agency. "Four of our people are waiting for the result of a test," says director Guus Hagt PZC. 'You lost someone like that for five days. If we can reduce that to one day, it will be worth something to us. '
In Twente, the Personnel Cluster East Netherlands (PON) raid pool and the 35 school boards that are collaborating with are considering purchasing tests. PON director Mini Schouten speaks in De Twentsche Courant / Tubantia of a 'dramatic situation'. 'From week one of the new school year, substitutes from our pool are frequently called in. We have never experienced this so early in the season. The deployment of a teacher also costs 300 euros per day. That account is for the school boards. That can really add up.'
Contact inquiry
De AOb believes that people in a vital profession, such as teachers, should be able to be tested for corona more quickly. And the House of Representatives has asked Minister Arie Slob to give teachers priority at the overcrowded test locations. Whether this is possible is currently being investigated, but there is no prospect of it as yet.
Minister Hugo de Jonge is also not enthusiastic about the commercial testing possibilities, he explains to the opposite One today. "They are not all reliable and there is no source and contact investigation afterwards." But De Jonge understands that education is looking for a way out. 'It's not the GGD's fault that there are waiting lists, but the lack of capacity at the labs. I hope that vital professions can go for a test as soon as possible.'
