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Belgium (FR): Extension of free compulsory education

24 April 2024
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The Pact for Excellence in Teaching includes the objective of gradually making compulsory education free as now it is being extended to the third year of ordinary primary education and to Maturity Level 2 of specialised education.  

 

A specific lump-sum grant of €75 is already allocated to schools in March each year for each pupil enrolled in the first two years of ordinary primary education and in Maturity Level 1 of specialised education, with a view to purchasing school supplies for the following school year. 

 

Since March 2024, this measure has been extended to the third year of ordinary primary education and Level 2 of specialised education. 

 

Source: Eurydice Unit Belgium (FR) 

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