Almost €4 million for qualifying education
The Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation has adopted the draft decrees granting endowments and subsidies as part of the 2025 call for projects of the Equipment Fund. This scheme aims to support the modernisation, replacement and compliance upgrading of teaching equipment in secondary schools offering qualifying education. It concerns equipment such as brake test benches for the car mechanic option, smoke extraction systems for welding workshops, and dust extraction devices for cabinet-making workshops.Establishments eligible for the “Equipment Fund” are ordinary or specialised secondary schools, either organised or subsidised, that offer technical qualifying or vocational education, either full-time and/or through alternating training.
Created in 2000 in Wallonia and extended to Brussels in 2002, the Equipment Fund enables schools offering technical qualifying, vocational and special education to acquire durable equipment essential for implementing certification or training profiles. The Government contributes 80% of the investments financially, with the remaining 20% covered by the organising authorities.
For 2025, the budget allocated to the Equipment Fund’s call for projects amounts to €3,830,800, divided as follows:
- €3,105,122 for schools located in the Walloon Region;
- €725,678 for schools located in the Brussels-Capital Region.
“You don't train tomorrow's professionals with yesterday's equipment. Qualifying education deserves equipment that matches the jobs it prepares students for, so that pupils can train under the best possible conditions, as close as possible to real-world practice. Giving the right tools means giving every chance to succeed”, concludes Valérie Glatigny, Minister of Education.