The situation regarding international knowledge workers has changed because of the pandemic, also when it comes to education. We expect the demand for international education will continue, but the near future is uncertain and the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and its additional restrictions are hard to predict.
PROOLeiden-Leiderdorp has invested heavily in educational innovations and housing these past years. The required pre-finances for the new school will make it impossible for us to keep investing in our public schools in Leiden and Leiderdorp. This means we will be limited in our investments for educational innovations and housing. To start this school from August 2021 onwards, it is absolutely necessary to receive a contribution from outside our school board, which unfortunately turned out to be impossible.
PROOLeiden-Leiderdorp is very disappointed due to the fact we are not able to develop this second Dutch International School for the Leiden area. There certainly is a lot of support for this type of international education within our organisation. With our heart for education, we would love to develop this new international school and we do see its usefulness. But it can't be done now, not in these uncertain times and not on our own.
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Development and opening of new international primary school not feasible in 2021
Development and opening of new international primary school not feasible in 2021
16 november 2020