Larger Classes and No Weekly Obligation: Flanders Reforms Religious Education

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Starting September 1st, schools will have more freedom to organize their religious education subjects. For example, they can combine the two weekly lessons into larger blocks per month. This decision was made by the Flemish government, at the suggestion of Education Minister Zuhal Demir (N-VA).

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17:25 The Flemish government is giving schools more flexibility in organizing religious education subjects in official education. This would mean that nearly 1,000 fewer religious education teachers would be needed...