08-12-2009Web magazine
The higher the grades students received for their final exams in secondary education, the faster they will graduate from higher education. These graduation grades play a larger role for men than for women.
08-12-2009Web magazine
In 2008 spending on education totalled 37.6 billion euro. This is 2.4 billion euro more than in 2007.
03-11-2009Web magazine
Students with a non-western background in general secondary vocational education (mbo) more often than native Dutch students prefer the more theoretically-oriented learning track (bol) to the apprenticeship-based learning track (bbl).
06-10-2009Web magazine
The longer an educational programme takes to complete, the more a diploma will cost. However, the price of a diploma correlates a lot more with the previous education routes of students than the total duration of the programme.
01-10-2009Web magazine
15-09-2009Web magazine
International education in the Netherlands is much more expensive than regular education and is largely funded with parental contributions.
18-06-2009Web magazine
Government spending on education in the Netherlands accounted for about 5.5 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2005. This is slightly higher than the average in the European Union.
03-06-2009Web magazine
The number of children enrolled in primary schools in the south of the Netherlands, especially in the province of Limburg, fell substantially between 2000/’01 and 2008/’09. This was partly the result of the decrease in the number of 4 to 12 year-olds in this part of the country.
26-02-2009Web magazine
In 2007, schools in the sector subsidised education spent 800 million euro on temps, a quarter more than one year previously. In the preceding years, costs of temporary staff have risen more rapidly in all sectors of education than other personnel costs.
24-02-2009Web magazine
In secondary vocational education (mbo), women more often than men opt for training programmes at a higher level. Programmes with an emphasis on socio-pedagogical subjects are particularly popular.
17-02-2009Web magazine
From a financial point of view, 2007 was a poor year for vocational and adult education in the Netherlands. The financial position of regional training centres (Regionale Opleidingscentra, or ROCs), in particular, deteriorated.
27-01-2009Web magazine
With 4.7 percent, the province of North Holland had the highest proportion of premature school leavers in the school year 2006/’07.
