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Flemish education authority GO!
The liberal and socialist education unions of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation have filed a strike notice to coincide with the start of the new school year for French-speaking education in Belgium
Belgium's upper house of parliament, the Senate, has approved a draft resolution asking the federal government to lower the compulsory school age from five years to three.
Differing school calendars for French and Dutch-speaking children in Brussels are already proving a headache for the region's parliament.
Since its humble beginnings with 10 children in 2007, Montgomery International School has developed into a thriving multicultural community with exce
An estimated seven out of 10 children in Belgium avoid using the toilets at their schools because of the unsanitary conditions, a lack of privacy and a fear of embarrassment, a survey has found.
A four-year-old girl spent the day on a school bus in Alveringem, a municipality in West Flanders, after falling asleep on the bus and going unnoticed by the driver.
The education minister for the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Caroline Désir, has indicated that she wants Dutch or German language classes to be compulsory for French-speaking students beginning i
Two toddlers in a Brussels nursery school managed to leave the building without an adult and wander through the city unaccompanied for nearly an hour.
