Free education no longer exists
WILLEMSTAD - Free education no longer exists. Yesterday Parliament also agreed to the abolition. Access to education remains guaranteed, but the Rhuggenaath government takes the parents' income as a benchmark for More...
Government wants to maintain free education only for low income families
WILLEMSTAD - The free education will be eliminated. That will, if it is up to the cabinet-Rhuggenaath, take place starting next school year. Only parents with low incomes who really need support are still eligible More...
Adjustments to the free education system can accommodate VPCO
WILLEMSTAD - Adjustments in the free education system could accommodate the Protestant Christian Education Association, VPCO, in their desire to put an end to unequal treatment. This is according to their lawyer More...
Special education wants equal treatment
WILLEMSTAD - The government's subsidy for special education is low. So low that schools cannot provide a good education. That says the board of Protestant schools, the VPCO. They also feel disadvantaged because More...
Update: “Parents who can afford it, will have to pay for their children’s education”
WILLEMSTAD - Instead of free education for all, education should be free for parents who cannot afford it. This is Omayra Leeflang’s position in her negotiations for her party to join the current coalition. Pueblo More...
Protestant schools lose lawsuit
WILLEMSTAD - The Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport has no obligation to pay the Protestant Schools Association (VPCO) the 2.2 million guilders they requested to cover the shortage caused by the Free More...
Liquidity position Protestant Schools dire
WILLEMSTAD - The Association of Protestant Christian Education, the VPCO, needs the parental contribution to be able to financially survive in the coming months. This was announced in an urgent letter to parents More...
VPCO may not charge school fees
WILLEMSTAD - The Association for Protestant Christian Education, the VPCO, is breaking the law. This is according to a court ruling recently. VPCO may not charge parents of its students any school fees. The fact More...
Free education bill adopted by Parliament
WILLEMSTAD – “Free education will eradicate inequality.” The Members of Parliament agreed on this yesterday during the public debate on the topic. The bill proposal for free education was adopted unanimously. The More...
