Continuing concerns about COVID consequences in education

In the second school year after the coronavirus, there are still concerns about the consequences the pandemic had on Dutch education. Some higher education students suffer from mental health problems, and children in the upper classes of primary school and lower classes of high school are still trying to catch up on delays, according to a progress report from education ministers to parliament on Tuesday 28 November, reports NL Times.

The ministers mentioned several “bright spots”. Primary school pupils generally learn as quickly as before the pandemic. The number of students with study delays is falling, and fewer students are dropping out.

But at the same time, concerns remain, Robbert Dijkgraaf for higher education and Marielle Paul for primary and secondary education wrote. “The pandemic, unfortunately, has had a major and long-lasting impact on the mental health of many students,” Dijkgraaf said. “Before coronavirus, there was already an increase in mental health problems. It is therefore important that extra attention continues to be paid to student well-being.”
Full report on the NL Times site