Students demand alternative to Maks! educational magazine
The Flemish secondary school student organisation VSK is asking the government of Flanders for an alternative to Maks!, a magazine that will be phased out by the end of the year, due to budget cuts
Klasse magazines to stop by year-end
Maks! is a magazine specifically for students aged 14 to 19. Flemish government budget cuts are resulting in the disappearance of the print editions of all Klasse publications, including Klasse, Klasse for Parents, Maks! and Yeti, by the end of the year.
According to VSK, Maks! has been an important source of information and inspiration for many Flemish students over the years, helping them to look beyond their own school gates.
“Will students now still receive customised information on education?” demanded VSK president Kaylee Surgeloose in a statement. “If the government wants to make youngsters feel involved at their schools and in the education sector in general, then it needs to inform them properly.”
VSK fears that a digital version will not reach everyone. “Maks! will then become a sort of forum, which will attract mainly youngsters with an interest in the subject,” said Surgeloose. “But we need a broad offer of information, on themes like the rights and duties of students or education reform, for example.”
VSK also offered its help in developing an alternative.
Educational system
million school-going children in 2013
million euros Flemish education budget for new school infrastructures in 2013
percent of boys leaving secondary school without a diploma
- Education in Flanders
- Secondary education reform
- European Encyclopaedia on National Education Systems
