{"id":138297,"date":"2022-03-30T11:47:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T09:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=138297"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:13","slug":"proposed-amounts-for-student-grants-and-compensation-are-a-long-way-from-covering-our-misfortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/03\/30\/proposed-amounts-for-student-grants-and-compensation-are-a-long-way-from-covering-our-misfortune\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Proposed amounts for student grants and compensation are a long way from covering our misfortune\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minister for Education Robbert Dijkgraaf wrote in his proposal that the \u2018unlucky generation\u2019 of students who had to take out student loans instead of being gifted grants made a disproportionate sacrifice. Even so, the Studentenprotest action group feels that the amount of the newly to be reintroduced student grant and the compensation to be awarded to the \u2018unlucky generation\u2019 are not generous enough. \u201cAllow us to help the Cabinet come up with ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On Friday, the Minister for Education, Culture and Science submitted to the Lower House a proposal regarding the newly to be reintroduced student grant and the compensation to be granted to students who were forced to take out loans during the years in which the student loan system was in force. In his letter, Robbert Dijkgraaf acknowledged that the fear many students had of incurring student loan debt negatively affected student welfare, as well as the choices made by students.<\/p>\n

In his letter he proposed that, effective September 2023, students be awarded grants in the amount of \u20ac91 per month for students who live with their parents, and \u20ac255 per month for students who do not live with their parents. Furthermore, the Cabinet intends to grant those students who have not received a grant in recent years \u20ac359 per academic year, up to a total amount of \u20ac1,436 for four years of study. In addition, these students will be allowed to give up their study vouchers (which are designed to help them update their skills) in exchange for money. The vouchers represent a value of \u20ac1,770, meaning students may receive up to \u20ac3,206 in compensation.<\/p>\n\n\t

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