Back to Class: Cabinet Seeks to Train Civil Servants as Teachers - DutchNews.nl
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The teacher shortage is a disgrace, and this is the VVD's answer: put civil servants laid off in front of the class, at the taxpayer's expense. MP Arend Kisteman calls it "killing two birds with one stone." In reality, it is an old Hague flop, dusted off by a party that has been governing for years...
Parliament wants Education Ministry staff facing layoffs to retrain as teachers
A majority of the Dutch parliament wants the government to draw up a plan allowing civil servants at the Education Ministry who face job cuts to retrain voluntarily as teachers, reviving an idea that failed in a 2008 pilot. The governing party, VVD, will now ask the Cabinet to develop the scheme and NOS reports.
A majority in the House of Representatives wants civil servants at the Ministry of Education who have been laid off due to budget cuts to be able to voluntarily retrain as teachers or lecturers. Governing party VVD will ask the cabinet today to develop a plan for this. The idea is supported by coalition parties D66 and CDA, and opposition parties JA21 and 50Plus. The VVD is putting forward this proposal in response to the cabinet's plan to elim…
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