Education

'Sailing blind': Four years of tests could become mandatory in Flemish schools

The tests will hold a mirror up to Flemish education. "We're never going to be able to work on our quality of education if we don't know exactly what the problems are."

Saturday, 11 February 2023

Language deterioration among students in Belgium, higher education teachers say

Dutch and French speaking teachers of Belgian higher education have raised concerns over what they see as a " degradation of language" among students.

Tuesday, 7 February 2023

English teacher in Flanders fired for dealing drugs to students

"It should be clear that these types of practices, which are illegal, are absolutely unacceptable."

Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Plans to punish parents if children score poorly on Dutch language skills criticised

Weyts wants to stimulate parents to practise Dutch with their children with positive measures but is also in favour of repressive measures, which have been heavily criticised.

Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Education: Unions call on teachers to stop working on 8 December

The unions are calling for progress on class size (the maximum number of students per teacher) and reject the proposed reform of teacher and management evaluation.

Thursday, 1 December 2022

Two Belgian universities in Times Higher Education top 200

At the top of the table, US universities Harvard (for the 12th consecutive year) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology retain their number one and number two positions respectively.

Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Wallonia-Brussels Federation to introduce entrance exam for French-speaking doctors

This competition, which will only allow a predetermined number of successful candidates to enter medical faculties, will replace the entrance exam in place since 2017, which allowed all candidates who passed it to enter.

Sunday, 30 October 2022

Coalition members lock horns in the wake of KU Leuven rape controversy

At the centre of the dispute is the case of a KU Leuven lecturer accused of raping one of his students in 2016. An official complaint was filed in 2018, but the university did not intervene.

Thursday, 27 October 2022

Flanders provides subsidy for temporary childcare

Initiatives in Flanders that wish to take part in temporary emergency care will receive a daily subsidy of €70 per child per day.

Monday, 10 October 2022

Five students appear in court in connection to fatal hazing case

The victim, 21-year-old Axel Leroy from Spa, died on the night of 30 to 31 October 2018. He collapsed after drinking large amounts of alcohol in a short time, in the presence of the five other students, and choking on his vomit.

Saturday, 17 September 2022

Belgian student-teacher ratio in primary education lower than European average

The pupil/teacher ratio in primary education in Belgium as a whole is 13:1, which was lower than in Belgium’s neighbours. In Germany it was 15:1, in the Netherlands 16:1 and in France 18:1.

Tuesday, 13 September 2022

Education: Repetition rates down to 2020 levels

The repetition rate in the last school year reached an average of 2.8%

Tuesday, 13 September 2022

Calls to make school compulsory from the age of three in Belgium

Mouvement Réformateur says the move would pay for itself by increasing pupil equality and boosting Belgium's literacy and numeracy levels.

Wednesday, 31 August 2022

Accomodation crunch forces some Dutch universities to ask foreign students to look elsewhere

Those who have not found a place to stay by early August are being advised to consider turning to other institutions.

Monday, 25 July 2022

Belgian primary school test results slump in 2022

On average, students attained 74.75% in French, 71.35% in mathematics, and 71.35% in history, geography, and science.

Wednesday, 29 June 2022

What to expect from Belgium's French-speaking schools' reform

Chief among these changes is the introduction of the core curriculum from the first and second years of primary school.

Monday, 13 June 2022

'Belgium's little Einstein': The 11 year old boy who is the world's youngest science graduate

Last year, the 12-year-old child prodigy received his bachelor's degree in physics with distinction from the University of Antwerp. It came after the Ostend-born boy had graduated from high school when he was eight years old.

Monday, 14 March 2022

How a coding school is reinventing Molenbeek’s image

"When we saw what was being said about us on TV, we didn’t recognise our neighbourhood! It was as if they were talking about wartime Kabul!"

Thursday, 10 March 2022

27 winners selected in EU translation contest for schools

The participants could choose to translate between any two of the EU's 24 official languages. Of the 552 language combinations (24*23) available, 153 were used by the almost 3,000 contestants.

Friday, 11 February 2022

Anthroposophy: “Trust in life and courage to develop despite uncertainties important in times of crisis”

"If children are treated like objects that are supposed to function and adapt, sooner or later democracy will also be threatened."

Monday, 17 January 2022