According to research commissioned by the Ministry of Education that was sent Thursday to the House.
In a third of the poorer parents shows that the cost of training or cost traveling heavy to very heavy has considered when choosing the education for their child.
Education Minister Jet Bussemaker calls it “a onwenselijkse situation” and “unacceptable” that the amount of the costs the choice influences for education.
It would therefore come before the end of the year with structural measures. They citing an emergency fund as an option.
A vocational training costs on average 1,400 euros per year for underage youth. Half of the parents this amount refers to high to very high. Travel costs are on average 600 euros per year.
The government gives less money to parents of MBO since this year. This allows the students would have deteriorated up to 550 euro, which mainly poorer families have trouble buying books and other supplies for their education, such as cookware at a cooking school or scissors in a hairdressing training.
Travel expenses
However, there are already some measures put in motion in order to ease the burden. As of January 1, 2017 also receive vocational students paid their travel expenses, causing a great deal of drops the cost.
Parents on low incomes and minor children in MBO this autumn win a temporary contribution to the education costs. Bussemakerhuis attracts 5 million euros for this year out.
The compensation is for 16- and 17-year-old children who follow a so-called vocational training and is only this year
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