The Secondary school was awful for our kids , although the primary is ok, the secondary is terrible: Shortage of teachers. Teachers are overbooked, absent or were simply not recruited. The situation is such that the school has to resort to using teachers from other language sections teaching the class in a language not known to the children. Examples of this are Science lessons taught in English where the language section is German and Mathematic tests given in Dutch to students who do not speak Dutch. Inadequate timetables. Some students have blocks of up to 4 consecutive classes in subjects such as French, Italian, Economics. Other students have breaks of several hours between classes. Yet other students don’t have certain classes at all, simply because there is no teacher. B-exam: No/ not sufficient preparation for specific mandatory exams as e.g. the B-exam; Rescheduling of the B-exam date. ESH is uncapable to manage children with special needs. A high rate of turnover of staff is reported. Lack of administrative and support staff (reception, security, etc.). Billing problems, such as the definition of miscellaneous costs.
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