“We must use all roads that lead to a solution to the teacher shortage”, says Thijs den Otter of the PO Council, the sector association for primary education. “This can be a means to do something about it. In the Netherlands we work on average 70 percent in primary education, so 0.7 FTE. If we raise that to 0.8 FTE, the problem is solved.”
Bonus for teacher who works more raises questions: ‘This is not the ultimate solution or holy grail’
