Reported the Times on Wednesday.
Figures from the Office of Education of the Ministry of Education show that since 2004 only five new secondary schools in the Netherlands have begun by administrations that have not been active in a region. Seven other newcomers have permission to start a school.
“That’s very little,” said Paul Zoontjens, professor of education law at Tilburg University against the newspaper. “The government makes such heavy demands on new schools, which virtually no one can live up to. In fact, not the freedom of establishment exists.”
A new school has to convince the Ministry sure that there is sufficient need for a new school. With permission must be ensured or money be made available for housing for premises within five years.
Municipalities make these decisions even more difficult, says Misha Denderen, president of the Foundation for Private Education (SvPO). “Municipalities and schools draw appeal against decisions of the Ministry, slow procedures and make the final decision on the housing until the last moment.”
The Education concluded in 2012, though it was difficult for new schools to found
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