Schools failing to accommodate all non-Dutch-speakers | VRT NWS: news

Schools in Antwerp providing special OKAN reception classes for pupils whose mother tongue is not Dutch are once again sounding the alarm. In OKAN classes non-Dutch-speaking pupils aged 12 to 18 are given intensive Dutch language courses with a view to getting them ready to join regular classes. Extra places were created across Flemish school networks recently, but their number has proved insufficient, largely as a result of Russia’s further invasion of Ukraine. Schools are seeking a meeting wit