Where does the money go ?

Economy normally separates people. Each person has his or her economy, and his or her economical possibilities – or maybe lack of economical possibilities.
When we have common economy we organise together about economical solutions for the things we want to do. In this way we gain the freedom to do things we could not do alone. Alone you can save up for example a stereo. When we are 30 we can save up for 3 buses, 9 driver’s licences, a house to live in etc. The DNS education is for everybody, not just for people with money, so we help each other by having common responsibility for the earnings as well as for the spending. It also means if one person has a low wage and another person has a high wage, they can both still afford the education and are equal.
During the 3 years at DNS we earn the money together and we spend the money together – we have common economy.
Each person brings an initial amount to the common economy to cover the expenses for the first year when he/she arrives. Some might participate in a commonly organised saving up period to raise this money. Hereafter we cover all basic expenses through educationally integrated income activities.

So, the teams make their own budgets and find out what they have to earn accordingly to what they can foresee what they will spend. But it is not possible to earn all the money needed while at the same time studying. Therefore the DNS institution has decided to subsidize the missing funds. In return the DNS students contribute with their social surplus to the other school units and keep the integrational concept of the school centre alive.

The money earned by the students does not cover all their expenses ! The earnings of DNSers are used to cover part of their expenses. The rest is paid by the institution DNS.