Proposal to abolish basic grant to Room – Volkskrant

Proposal to abolish basic grant to Room – Volkskrant

Edited by: Staff – 09/22/14, 18:06 – Source: Reuters

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Despite ongoing criticism from students yet it seems that the basic grant will be abolished for new students in vocational and higher education. Since September 1, 2015 Minister Jet Bussemaker (Education) sent its bill to the House to do so today.

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The minister hopes for a quick treatment in parliament and will make a tour of higher education in order to explain to the angry students. plans its own Holding an event on 14 November in The Hague.

may end Bussemakerhuis presented its proposal, after she had made about the coalition and D66 and Green Left political agreement. The support of the opposition parties is needed to guide where VVD and PvdA have a majority. Amendment by the Senate

The core of the plan is that students have to borrow. Their basic About the payoff they can do more. The money saved – up to an annual € 1 billion – is again pumped back into higher education to improve quality.

The other opposition parties in the House and the student unions are vehemently opposed to the plans, mostly because building a much higher debt students. That will, in their students from lower and middle income groups deter to go to college.

Criticism State Council
The Council of State delivered on important points of criticism, but Bussemakerhuis changed virtually nothing in its final bill. The advisory body agrees that the quality of higher education has increased considerably, but doubts whether the change does produce enough money in the world to come, as the government wants. The Board notes the continuing influx of higher education, from 660,000 to 750,000 in 2020

A quality improvement is badly needed, so endorses the advisory, but it does not think the targeted savings of 600 to 800 million euro is sufficient Netherlands to belong. among the world

Another drawback of the board against the law is the introduction of the right of assent students because this right is already there for the direction of the policy. On the utilization of resources, the educational institutions should go himself, finds the council. Bussemakerhuis still want to stick to the right of consent.

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will also find that the Minister agrees to look at the consequences in the long term well even now students a greater debt build it.

Balanced and necessary
Minister Bussemakerhuis announced today that she is going to make it past the higher education to lay students. changes in student aid from a tour

She said stop in the action, with the students in consultation but have nevertheless a national event held on 14 November to protest. Against plans

Bussemaker itself takes its proposal balanced and very necessary. “There go 20 percent additional resources to higher education,” she said today. She understands that students do not like it that the basic grant disappears, but there is also much in its opposite. They maintain ov card, they get better education and they may say in the spending of the money for it, said the minister.