Trade unions and PiS join forces against school privatization
This announcement came in response to the draft bill concerning the education system which will make it easier for associations, companies, as well as private individuals to take over public schools from local governments. "The government is leading towards the privatization of the education sector, as according to the amendments, a local government can sell a large school which is unthreatened by liquidation," declared Sławomir Kłosowski of PiS.
Meanwhile, representatives of the Education Ministry state that these accusations are groundless as local governments cannot get rid of all the schools and those which are taken over must remain free of charge. They cannot be converted to non-public schools, while the buildings will remain the ownership of the commune.
Moreover, trade unionist claim that even these regulations open the path to earning money on pupils, and in the longer term to the privatization of schools.
Source: Rzeczpospolita (A.K.)
Meanwhile, representatives of the Education Ministry state that these accusations are groundless as local governments cannot get rid of all the schools and those which are taken over must remain free of charge. They cannot be converted to non-public schools, while the buildings will remain the ownership of the commune.
Moreover, trade unionist claim that even these regulations open the path to earning money on pupils, and in the longer term to the privatization of schools.
Source: Rzeczpospolita (A.K.)
