Parents association could suggest educational changes

Luxembourg's Education Minister Claude Meisch has put forward a draft law to create a parent representation group at a national level.

There are currently such groups in place in various communes but no official national structure exists.

The group's role would be to represent parents before the education ministry, put forward an opinion on legislative text and actively propose changes.

The draft law recommends that the group consists of 12 representatives elected for a three-year period. Four parents would represent primary education, six for secondary and two for pupils with specific needs.

Meisch presented the draft law in parliament this week but some MPs expressed concerns that parents with pupils in the traditional education system (secondaire classique) would be over-represented compared with those whose children opted for professional training.

(Heledd Pritchard, heledd.pritchard@wort.lu, +352 49 93 459)