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The teachers' grant is finished

The teacher fair ceiling has been reached. There was less money in the pot this year. And that money was - probably - very quickly.

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Teachers have announced on Facebook and Twitter in recent days that their application has been rejected. They are disappointed and angry. Biology teacher Steven Geurts says on Twitter: "That feels a bit sour: trying to make a professional group attractive by curtailing the training opportunities for current teachers."

That feels sour: trying to make a profession attractive by curtailing the training of current teachers

It was already known that less budget was available this year for teachers who want to train. Minister Arie Slob was looking for money last winter to combat the teacher shortage. He transferred 28 million from the teachers' grant to side entry pathways and training for teaching assistants. This left 50 million euros for the stock exchange.

Alarm clock

Charlotte van de Laar received her rejection three days ago. She thought she was on time by submitting the application at the beginning of April – submissions could be submitted from April 1 to July 1 – but even if she had set her alarm for it on the first day, it probably wouldn't have worked. Various colleagues inform Van de Laar that they have made inquiries with DUO and that the pot was already empty within an hour. Cindy Lexmond responds on Facebook: “Apparently it was minute work. Bizarre right! Pretty bummed too.”

Biology teacher Geurts also contacted DUO and announced on Twitter that he is one of the 2400 people whose application was refused this year. DUO does not want to answer questions about how many applications have been submitted and how the money is divided between the education sectors. A spokesperson says they first want to personally message all people who have applied.

Success story

AObdirector Jelmer Evers: “This would mean that more than two thousand teachers would not be able to further professionalise. Of course, this is absolutely impossible in times of increasing teacher shortages. That way you lose even more people. ” What the AOb the teacher's grant remains fully available and must in addition be invested heavily in education to counter further shortages. "I find it incomprehensible that the cabinet was briefly on the teachers fair: the success story of educational policy of the past few years."

I find it incomprehensible that the cabinet is short on the teachers' fair: the success story of education policy in recent years

Figures provided by DUO, the executive department of the Ministry of Education, to the Education Magazine last winter, showed that the number of applications for the teacher's grant is declining. In 2019, 8251 applications were submitted, a decrease of more than 7 percent compared to 2018. In 2017 the number of applications was still 10779. Last year, 85 percent of the applications were granted.

It was known in advance that applications for the continuation of a study program would be honored in any case. And that allocation would then take place in order of entry.

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