Education minister backs down over student sports subsidy ban - DutchNews.nl

For the time being, universities may continue to offer cheap sports facilities for students. Minister Bruins himself also finds this important, he told the House of Representatives, which insisted on this.

Universities and colleges can still offer cheap sports facilities to students for the time being, without getting into trouble with their accounts. Education Minister Eppo Bruins (NSC) promises an 'implementation test' on Wednesday to map out the consequences and does not want to enforce until a solution is found.

Students can continue to use discounts at sports clubs or sports facilities of their college or university. These cheaper sports opportunities for students were threatened by legal regulations. But Minister Bruins of Education, Culture and Science is prepared to tolerate educational institutions spending education money on this. "Sports must remain cheap," Bruins said in a debate with the House of Representatives on the mental well-being of stud…

Minister Eppo Bruins (Education, Culture and Science) does not want to take action against universities and colleges that use tuition fees to make sports cheaper for students. He said this today during a debate, reports the NOS. Bruins said that he thought that sports should remain cheap. "I, like the House of Representatives, think it is undesirable that sports are terribly expensive." According to Bruins, a misunderstanding has arisen and he w…

Education minister backs down over student sports subsidy ban - DutchNews.nl

Education minister Eppo Bruins has backed down from his plan to stop universities and colleges from subsidising sports facilities for...

Minister Eppo Bruins of Education, Culture and Science wants to continue to give educational institutions the opportunity to contribute to student sports with education money. Thanks to this contribution, students can exercise at a discounted rate. This had been tolerated since 2004 and recently Bruins announced that he wanted to quit, leading to unrest among students.