AOb: 'Quality of academic education is under pressure'
De AOb protests together with the universities and the other trade unions this morning in The Hague against the cutback of 149 million euros in MBO and higher education.
photo: AOb
Today the House of Representatives will talk with Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven about corona, MBO and higher education. For the unions, students and administrators united in the coalition Normal Academic Level is that reason to draw attention to their 'devil's trilemma' with a wheel of fortune.
"It PricewaterhouseCoopers report is really very clear”, says AOb- director Marijtje Jongsma. “A billion extra is needed for science education.” If this does not happen, the quality and accessibility of academic education will come under pressure. “All things we don't want. That is why we are standing here today for better funding for academic higher education,” says Jongsma.
Add money
The universities and trade unions do not want willen savings of 149 million euros, but add money: 1,1 billion per year. Only then are they at a 'normal academic level', they say.
That 149 million euros will be spread over several years and half will be borne by the universities. It would only be a 'technical' cutback, the minister said earlier. No one would really plan to cut corners.
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