DUTCH PRIMARY SCHOOLS
November 1st, 2001
BY ALAN OSBORNA STUDY of 8,000 primary schools in the Netherlands has revealed "dirty, cramped and unsafe" conditions that have affected the morale of teaching staff and pupils. The report, drawn up by the Dutch research institute TNO on behalf of the country's Ministry of Education, concludes that the schools themselves are partly to blame by diverting money from health and safety budgets to new educational programmes but says there is also a shortage of funding necessary for schools to comply with the Dutch Occupational Health and Safety and Building Acts.The ...
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