Pupils will not receive a three-week corona Christmas vacation
The Christmas holidays in primary and secondary schools remain two weeks. The summer vacation is also not shortened to five weeks. This is what the ministers …
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10% added for primary school teacher, gap with secondary education disappears
An agreement has been reached on closing the pay gap between teachers in primary schools and secondary schools. For this, 919 million euros per year will be …
The happiest place on earth, Disney World, threatens to lose special status in Florida
The Walt Disney World Resort is threatening to lose the special status it has in the U.S. state of Florida. A majority of parliament voted …
School closure and ban on contact professions from 1 June from corona law
From 1 June, the cabinet can no longer simply decide to close schools and nurseries or ban contact professions. These measures are now still possible in the …
US to settle more than 100 million dollars with relatives Parkland attack
Relatives of the victims of the 2018 Parkland attack receive more than 100 million dollars from the US state. The mega settlement ends all legal cases against the …
Minister of Education Wiersma wants a firmer approach to bullying at school
Minister Wiersma wants a firmer approach to bullying and other undesirable behavior at school. There will be an independent hotline for students and parents. Schools must …
Minister Wiersma: CO2 meters in all classrooms
Each classroom of primary and secondary schools gets a CO2 meter. In this way, the teacher can see whether windows should be opened against each other …
Classes home? This is how they deal with it abroad
Already two days in a row, a record number of schools have been completely or partially closed. At the moment, an entire class has to go …
Cabinet kicks brakes for fear of mass dropout in crucial occupations
The cabinet opts for limited relaxation to prevent too many employees from falling out due to illness in the crucial sectors such as the care, the …
Billions of dollars compensation for indigenous people in Canada
The Canadian government has reached an agreement on compensation of billions of dollars for children of indigenous peoples, who were taken away from their parents by …
From tomorrow almost everything closed, hard lockdown certainly until 14 January
From 5am tomorrow morning, a hard lockdown will apply in the Netherlands. Sources in The Hague confirm that the cabinet is taking over the advice of …
De Jonge warns in Kamer: new measures may already be next week
“It may well be your last debate as Minister of Health, so I would like to thank you very much for all your efforts.” Words from …
Catshuis outcome: evening lockdown is valid until after the turn of the year
The current corona measures will be extended until at least at the beginning of next year. According to sources, that is the outcome of consultations at …
Cabinet does not want to introduce measures, so no exception for evening sports
There should be no morration of the corona measures that have been in place since last weekend. This was what the missionary Prime Minister Rutte argued …
Schools get self-tests, but ‘only works when most parents cooperate’
Education Minister Arie Slob announced today that primary schools will be sent self-tests from Monday. It is about 2.4 million tests, enough to have all children in …
Four deaths and havoc in Istanbul due to severe weather
In the Turkish city of Istanbul, at least four people were killed due to severe weather. Nineteen people were injured, three of whom were seriously.
The …
In Southern Italy, even more children stopped school due to the lockdown.
Really nice, 15-year-old Antonio from Naples never found school. “From the classroom window, I saw friends chilling. And I just sat there, day after day.” Because …
Italian young people quit school for the mafia
Aid organizations in Italy are concerned about children who drop out of school to join the mafia. That is a criminal organization that acts in drugs, …
Evening lockdown from Sunday, mouth mask duty in schools from grade six
Many sectors have to close from 5 pm to 5am from Sunday. The measure will take three weeks for the time being. According to The Hague initiates, …
OMT advises: education open, hospitality and non-essential shops closed 5pm
The Outbreak Management Team has advised the cabinet to keep the entire education open. That’s what sources say to deCCeit.
The OMT also believes that …
Cabinet is in keeping schools open, but earlier closing times other sectors
In today’s Cathouse Council, no decision has yet been taken on additional corona measures, but sources call it plausible that the schools will not close. …
Thanksgiving is in US holiday for one, day of mourning for the other
“We want the real history to be told in schools. It hasnt been nice and we shouldnt describe it too horrific in the textbooks, but kids …
2021 Child Peace Award to Indian Brothers
The International Childrens Peace Prize is going to the Indian brothers Vihaan (17) and Nav (14) Agarwal this year. They were awarded the award in the Ridderzaal in …
Forty extreme weather deaths in Sri Lanka and India
Floods after heavy rainfall have killed at least 40 people in Sri Lanka and southern India in recent days. The victims were killed by landslides, drowning, electrocution …