Junior education minister Sharon Dijksma will discuss her plans to tackle segregation in primary schools with parliament on Tuesday afternoon.

The Netherlands has at least 300 schools where the overwhelming majority of pupils have an ethnic minority background.
Dijksma intends to introduce a series of voluntary trials for schools in seven of the largest Dutch cities, where the problem with black schools is seen as most acute.
Dijksma wants fixed ‘application moments’ to prevent parents from registering their baby at a particular primary school at birth, reports Trouw. She also wants schools to draw up double waiting lists: one for native Dutch (white) children and one for children with an ethnic minority background. Classes can then be filled evenly with children from both lists.
The junior minister is receiving praise and criticism for her plans, says Trouw. ChristenUnie party leader Arie Slob complimented Dijksma for introducing the plans as pilot schemes and not forcing them on to schools immediately.
But CDA MP Jan Jacob van Dijk told the paper parents choose a school on the basis of quality and a welcoming feeling and that ‘you cannot force this with a duty of acceptance’.
The right-wing liberals (VVD), Socialist Party and D66 all have their doubts, quoting a private member’s bill already before parliament which would ensure ‘white’ schools were no longer able to refuse ethnic minority children.