On May 18th, the government decided that a special summit would be organized in Fall, on the qualified staff shortage. In 2010, about 75 000 jobs will not be filled because too many young people leave school early and content themselves with the lowest education levels. (Ref. 06504)
That is the HBO Radd’s forecast, the organ of higher professionnal education’s schools’ supervision organ, and of the Employment and Income Council (RWI) an adivisory organ that gathers town councillors, unions and employers. Doekle Terpstra, president of the HBO Raad, talks about an « alarming » situation, whereas Jan Van Zijl, president of the RWI, mentionned a « threat of prosperity ». Both reminded during a meeting with Jan Peter Blakenende, the centre-right Prime Minister, that the...
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