{"id":127619,"date":"2021-06-03T13:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T11:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=127619"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:40","slug":"parliamentarians-baffled-by-cutbacks-to-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/06\/03\/parliamentarians-baffled-by-cutbacks-to-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliamentarians baffled by cutbacks to education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The government wants these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/06\/01\/ocw-needs-149-million-in-cutbacks-to-fund-additional-student-support-measures\/?noredirect=en_US\">spending cuts<\/a> to help pay for coronavirus support measures for students: these include extending student financing and student transport entitlements. The total cost, spread over the years 2023 through 2027, will amount to around 149 million euros.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641-300x203.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 300w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641-875x591.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 875w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641-150x101.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 150w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2018\/10\/02095012\/Tweede-Kamer-flickr-JvL-2-1280x8641-225x152.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139156 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>-JvL- <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read more<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/06\/01\/ocw-needs-149-million-in-cutbacks-to-fund-additional-student-support-measures\/\">OCW needs 149 million in cutbacks to fund additional student support measures<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/02\/23\/how-did-the-dutch-house-of-representatives-vote-on-higher-education-and-student-topics\/\">How did the Dutch House of Representatives vote on higher education and student topics?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/12\/10\/university-has-spent-20-million-euros-because-of-the-corona-crisis\/\">University has spent 20 million euros because of the corona crisis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Universities will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksfinancien.nl\/memorie-van-toelichting\/2021\/1SUPP\/VIII\/onderdeel\/916847\">required<\/a> to make up about half of the amount, universities of applied sciences a third, and vocational colleges the rest. Administrators, teachers and students are angry and busy mulling over a joint press release. Only ten days ago they gave their backing to an administrative agreement releasing a wide-ranging support package that made no mention of such cuts.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick off the mark<\/h2><p>Two members of the House have been quick off the mark with their responses. \u201cI\u2019m extremely troubled by the way this has been handled\u201d, says MP Lisa Westerveld of GroenLinks. \u201cRest assured that we will be asking probing questions about this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House had to exert substantial pressure on government to get compensation for students in this coronavirus crisis, Westerveld says, and when that support finally came (\u201cnot coincidentally shortly before the election\u201d), it was generous. Now it seems that the education sector is going to be squeezed to pay for it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this has come as a very unpleasant surprise to everyone\u201d, SP\u2019s Peter Kwint adds. \u201cIn recent years, academic staff at universities have been sounding the alarm about their working conditions and shortfalls in funding. It\u2019s nothing short of bizarre for a D66 education minister in a government that\u2019s on its last legs to be glibly announcing cutbacks to higher education.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cPeculiar\u201d<\/h2><p>But it appears that D66 \u2013 a party known for its strong stance on education \u2013 has also been caught off-guard by this announcement. Or as D66 politician Jan Paternotte puts it \u201cI find this peculiar.\u201d Extending the student public transport card is a coronavirus measure, he explains, so it makes no sense to offset it with cuts to the education budget. \u201cSo we have lots of questions about this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Habtamu de Hoop (PvdA) posted a comment on Twitter about the \u201cjustified anger\u201d felt in higher education. \u201cIt\u2019s incomprehensible that this is where the biggest cuts will be falling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its explanatory remarks, the Ministry notes: \u201cThe next government may reconsider the source of financing, if so desired.\u201d In other words, this could become an issue in the forthcoming negotiations to form a new coalition government.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry makes no mention of why the cost of this package should be charged to the budget for education. Other measures, such as nearly half a billion euros for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2021\/04\/06\/government-allocating-half-a-billion-for-self-tests-for-students-and-educators\/?noredirect=en_US\">Covid home testing<\/a> in higher education, have been kept separate from the education budget.<\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts-list\" >\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-lg md:text-xl\">Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"grid items-strecth grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand  relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 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