Celebrating 50 years of KOCB!

On June 7, 2022, the KOCB (Catholic Education Cell Brussels) celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in Odisee. More than 200 representatives of the Brussels educational field were present.

In honor of this golden jubilee, the book ‘Kracht van verbinding. KOCB vijftig jaar op de bres voor het Nederlandstalig katholiek onderwijs en opvoedingswezen in Brussel’ by Guido François was presented.

Several representatives of Catholic schools in Brussels presented testimonials about their commitment, projects and activities within the theme of ‘the teacher in Brussels, approached from the perspectives of inspired, committed and sought-after’.

Brussels Minister of Education and School Construction Sven Gatz and Lieven Boeve, director-general of Catholic Education Flanders, also took the floor.

From KatOBA, Kurt De Prins, director of the Imelda Institute, gave testimony about the ‘Ambassadors of the Dialogue’ project.

At the end of the academic session, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Odisee teacher training department, the representatives of Catholic primary and secondary education and the pedagogical guidance.