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State Secretary Judith Tielen ordered the Foundation for Islamic Education to make immediate improvements at the Cornelius Haga Lyceum in Amsterdam. The board received a formal designation.
The order followed findings by the Education Inspectorate that the quality of education was insufficient and that there had been maladministration by the school’s management.
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Secretary of State for Education Judith Tielen had still not decided on the future of the Cornelius Haga Lyceum in Amsterdam-West. The Education Inspectorate found maladministration at the end of the previous school year, which was described as the most serious qualification it assigns to a school.
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State Secretary for Education and Emancipation Judith Tielen set out plans to raise pupils’ language skills through more ambitious attainment targets and higher expectations from teachers. She also proposed labels for teaching methods and stricter requirements for schools, according to one report. That report said that two in five young people cannot read sufficiently well.
Tax, Benefits & Cost of Living
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The cabinet plans to introduce a tax on actual returns from savings, investments and second homes in Box 3 from 2028, including taxation of investment gains when assets are sold. It withdrew proposals that would have made smaller savers and investors contribute to financing the change after they lacked support in the House of Representatives. The change leaves a multibillion-euro budget gap, and the cabinet is seeking alternatives with opposition parties.