Financial mismanagement at SvPO schools; driver has to go
The board of the Schools for Personal Education (SvPO) has unlawfully spent more than 22 million euros in public money, 16 million of which on real estate that has been placed in private hands. According to the inspectorate, financial 'mismanagement' has seriously endangered the institutions. The responsible driver must leave, said Minister Wiersma.
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With an official clue wants to send SvPO founder and director Misha van Denderen away as soon as possible. "If you attend one of these schools, you don't always get the education you deserve. No matter how hard you try. That is not fair and unacceptable. The administrators of these schools are busier with litigation than with the improve the quality of education. I think this director is neglecting his task and is not worthy of trust. That is why I am doing everything I can to get this director away," said a statement from OCW this afternoon.
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The designation follows a series of reports from the Education Inspectorate on real estate investments at SvPO that were released today public have become. The inspectorate has started an enforcement process to recover money. Municipalities, the Tax Authorities and the Public Prosecution Service have been informed by the inspectorate.
In unprecedentedly harsh terms, the Inspectorate ruled that there had been 'financial mismanagement, unjust enrichment and unlawful acts whereby financial advantage was gained in favor of the director or third parties'. According to the Inspectorate, the situation is particularly worrisome because money is needed to improve education: three of the eight schools are closed very weak declared, of which the school in Utrecht for the second time in a row. If improvements are not made at the Utrecht school, Minister Wiersma will turn off the money tap there from next school year.
Real estate law; and
In recent years, SvPO has invested almost 16 million euros in public money in new construction or renovations at four locations, in Hurdegaryp, Geldermalsen, Hoorn and Deventer. That is one third of the government funding that all SvPO schools together received for education in the 2018-2020 period. Parental contributions are also used to finance housing. Beginning of March reconstructed the Education Magazine already how publicly financed real estate has been brought into private hands.
The Hague court gave this morning green light for the publication of the reports. SvPO founder and director Misha van Denderen tried the reports with a summary proceedings to be kept out of the public eye. He opposes the findings, disputes that public money has been withdrawn from schools and suggests that the inspectorate wants to increase the pressure on the SvPO board with the new reports.
Recently known that the inspectorate has filed a complaint against him.
The Education Magazine examined the Schools for Personal Education in recent years.
->How SvPO brought public real estate into private hands (1 March 2022): for school buildings paid for with education money and parental contributions that have been placed in the hands of a private foundation.
->The price of the small class (February 25, 2020), about teachers who dropped out in frustration and tuition money that ends up on the couch and in stones outside the classroom
->A 'donation fund' for personal education (August 25, 2019), about remarkable financial constructions, parental contributions and private foundations
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