Education

Teachers' action to disrupt French-language schools from Monday

The actions aim to protest reforms from the French Community Government.

Friday 4 April 2025

Belgium needs 70,000 more student rooms to meet demand

In addition to the shortage, average rent has also increased by €100 per month over the past four years.

Thursday 3 April 2025

French-speaking schools will have 10% fewer pupils in ten years' time

In the past five years, the overall student population has already decreased by 1.6%, with the sharpest decline in nursery schools (-5.8%).

Monday 31 March 2025

Fewer than half of new special education courses get green light

Flemish Education Minister Zuhal Demir has only approved 31 out of 69 applications for new OV4 study programmes, marking the first-time stringent selection has been applied.

Saturday 29 March 2025

Nearly 40% of Flemish secondary school teachers not sufficiently qualified

Very few teachers in Flanders hold a degree considered to be "sufficient" for their teaching post.

Friday 28 March 2025

Open day to view fossil skeleton of Irish giant deer at KU Leuven

KU Leuven's €35,000 restoration of an 11,000-year-old Irish giant deer fossil includes removing old coatings, 3D printing missing parts, and creating new transport crates.

Saturday 15 March 2025

Flanders rejects new foreign-language university degrees

"The Flemish Government is keen to ensure that Dutch remains a language of science and that it does not weaken as a language."

Wednesday 5 March 2025

Extra homeschooling checks in Flanders following reports of neglect

"Children deserve to receive high-quality education in a safe learning environment. We want to offer our children that guarantee."

Wednesday 5 March 2025

Smartphone ban embraced by European and international schools of Brussels

"It's a huge computer that they're carrying around in their pockets with access to all sorts. So we have to be really careful."

Tuesday 25 February 2025

Flanders moves to improve access, affordability and staff quality at its childcare centres

Flanders aims to improve access, affordability and staff quality at early-learning centres under a reform plan presented in parliament on Wednesday.

Wednesday 19 February 2025

Record number of 'problematic' pupils in Flanders

Rising truancy, expulsions and behavioural issues are beginning to plague the Flemish school system.

Friday 7 February 2025

Belgian-led research team returns from Antarctica with meteorites

“The surface of the ice sheet in Antarctica is the world’s most prolific site for collecting meteorites for studying the history of the solar system.”

Saturday 18 January 2025

Skills-based secondary schools more popular than ever in Flanders

Skills-oriented education has long been snubbed in Flanders. But recognition for TSO and BSO has been growing now they are considered useful in the labour market.

Thursday 16 January 2025

Flemish schools in 'Brussels Ring' get more cash to boost Dutch-language education

"The Dutch-speaking character of the Vlaamse Rand has been under great pressure for decades, partly due to the influx of new residents from Brussels."

Wednesday 15 January 2025

French community puts restriction on foreign midwifery students on hold

Belgium's French-speaking community shelves plan to restrict the number of foreign students in midwifery programmes.

Monday 6 January 2025

Teacher unions to protest budget cuts in January

After a two-week Christmas break, students and teachers in Wallonia and Brussels return to school on Monday for a January likely to be marked by teacher protests.

Sunday 5 January 2025

Number of students in Brussels 'problematically absent' is rising

"All alarm bells should be ringing. Brussels truancy rates for the 2023-2024 school year are much higher than the Flemish average and have gone up... pupils need support."

Monday 23 December 2024

War on technology? Smartphone ban tightens across schools in Belgium

Since the beginning of this academic year, smartphone regulations have been in place in over 370 French-speaking schools in Belgium.

Monday 23 December 2024

Teachers and students in Liège protest budget cuts

Several hundred demonstrators marched solemnly with banners saying "If education costs too much, try ignorance" and "Education is an investment, not a budget".

Friday 20 December 2024

Unions announce two days of strikes in schools at end of January

There is a “huge anger” within the educational community, which has been exacerbated by the measures of the MR-Engagés majority.

Wednesday 18 December 2024