(Brussels Times) The new Flemish coalition agreement that was presented on Tuesday called for ideological neutrality in schools, banning headscarves and other religious symbols.
“In education, we warrant neutrality. In provincial and community education, we ensure the philosophical neutrality for teachers and pupils,” the agreement said.
The current provincial rules allow each school to create its own policies. “In practice, the ideological neutrality will have little impact on our East Flemish provincial schools, except for the schools in the metropolitan context, such as Ghent,” said Kurt Moens (N-VA), who is in charge of provincial education in East-Flanders, to Het Nieuwsblad.
