Sloppy 40.000 strikers in the education: Phenomenal success

Education In all educational levels and sectors, there is currently discontinued, the Christelijke Onderwijscentrale (COC). From the preliminary figures of the administration office of the university shows that “31.158 of the 193.638 staff education ceased”. So it is about 16 percent of the teachers. "A phenomenal success", noting the union, all voices, their figures do not entirely correspond to those of the student administration office.

There was mainly in the primary and secondary discontinued, respectively 16.500 and 10.470 strikers. The figures are still provisional, so please let the administration know, because schools were closed, their data are not yet to the administration concerned. A number of details still need to be processed.

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what is Striking is that these figures, even though for the time being, a lot lower than the estimates of the stakingsbereidheid with the staff that the trade unions have so far made. So said the COV (Christelijk Onderwijzersverbond) that six out of ten teachers in pre - primary and primary education ceased.The bulk of which is found in the elementary and secondary education (85 percent of the number of strikers).

Signal

"That is also not illogical since the compulsory education, most of the staff counts. This general onderwijsstaking of today is a powerful signal has become to the future Flemish government, the new minister of education and to all whom policy responsibility in education", says the onderwijsvakbond. the

The signal is, according to secretary-general Koen Van Kerkhoven very clear. "They want the chaos to avoid that in the Flemish education is to come, are all extra investments are necessary and not only in the kindergarten as minister Crevits, some political parties and a onderwijskoepel suggest.”