The education unions ACOD Education, COC and VSOA Education are organizing five demonstrations in May, out of dissatisfaction with the report of the so-called ‘Committee of Wise Men’. To this end, they are submitting strike notices, as they reported in a joint announcement this morning.
On behalf of Flemish Minister of Education Ben Weyts (N-VA), the Committee of Wise Men, led by Dirk Van Damme and Paul Yperman, developed seventy proposals for the professionalization of the teaching profession. When its report was published in December, the unions already responded critically.
ACOD Education, COC and VSOA Education have now decided to take action against the recommendations in the report. They dismiss them as “fantasies, ill-considered measures and recipes from the past”, which will not help to make education “high-quality and attractive”.
“Once again not heard by policymakers”
“For many staff members, the proposals of the Committee of Wise Men are the opposite of what is needed: the staff members, the real experts, are once again not heard by policymakers. With our actions we want to give our members and anyone who wants to join us the opportunity to make that voice louder,” it said.
In concrete terms, in May they organize demonstrations on five different days in five different cities in all Flemish provinces. Antwerp is the first to come on Tuesday, May 7, followed by Ostend on Wednesday, May 8, Leuven on Monday, May 13, Hasselt on Tuesday, May 14 and finally Ghent on Wednesday, May 15. The actions will be accompanied by strike notices.
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