A funeral is a place, you
might think, to show respect,
consideration and deference to
the deceased and to their loved
ones. Except when it comes
to collectors of In Memoriam
cards, who are annoying funeral
directors up and down Flanders.
The government of Flanders
finally announced an
agreement on a reform of
secondary school education last
week. The reforms were proposed
by education minister Pascal Smet
to tackle what he saw as the main
problem of secondary education,
which in Flanders is split into three
main streams – academic, technical
and professional. Children select
one stream on leaving primary
school at 12, which is often too early
to decide, and they end up having to
switch streams later on.
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