Caribbean Netherlands; pupils primary and students secondary education

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Caribbean Netherlands; pupils primary and students secondary education
Gender Pupil characteristics Caribbean Netherlands Periods Participants en students (number)
Total male and female Total primary education Bonaire 2023/'24* 1,979
Total male and female Younger than 5 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 219
Total male and female 5 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 235
Total male and female 6 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 220
Total male and female 7 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 213
Total male and female 8 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 253
Total male and female 9 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 255
Total male and female 10 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 279
Total male and female 11 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 238
Total male and female 12 years or older Bonaire 2023/'24* 67
Total male and female Total secondary education (VO, CVQ, MBO) Bonaire 2023/'24* 2,171
Total male and female Total secondary general education (VO) Bonaire 2023/'24* 1,415
Total male and female VO: Practical education Bonaire 2023/'24* 174
Total male and female VO: Lower forms Bonaire 2023/'24* 573
Total male and female VO: General programmes Bonaire 2023/'24* 430
Total male and female VO: Pre-vocational programmes Bonaire 2023/'24* 238
Total male and female Vocational education - CVQ Bonaire 2023/'24*
Total male and female Vocational education - MBO Bonaire 2023/'24* 756
Male Total primary education Bonaire 2023/'24* 1,014
Male Younger than 5 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 112
Male 5 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 137
Male 6 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 111
Male 7 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 97
Male 8 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 124
Male 9 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 128
Male 10 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 148
Male 11 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 116
Male 12 years or older Bonaire 2023/'24* 41
Male Total secondary education (VO, CVQ, MBO) Bonaire 2023/'24* .
Male Total secondary general education (VO) Bonaire 2023/'24* 729
Male VO: Practical education Bonaire 2023/'24* 111
Male VO: Lower forms Bonaire 2023/'24* 284
Male VO: General programmes Bonaire 2023/'24* 204
Male VO: Pre-vocational programmes Bonaire 2023/'24* 130
Male Vocational education - CVQ Bonaire 2023/'24*
Male Vocational education - MBO Bonaire 2023/'24* .
Female Total primary education Bonaire 2023/'24* 965
Female Younger than 5 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 107
Female 5 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 98
Female 6 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 109
Female 7 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 116
Female 8 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 129
Female 9 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 127
Female 10 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 131
Female 11 years Bonaire 2023/'24* 122
Female 12 years or older Bonaire 2023/'24* 26
Female Total secondary education (VO, CVQ, MBO) Bonaire 2023/'24* .
Female Total secondary general education (VO) Bonaire 2023/'24* 686
Female VO: Practical education Bonaire 2023/'24* 63
Female VO: Lower forms Bonaire 2023/'24* 289
Female VO: General programmes Bonaire 2023/'24* 226
Female VO: Pre-vocational programmes Bonaire 2023/'24* 108
Female Vocational education - CVQ Bonaire 2023/'24*
Female Vocational education - MBO Bonaire 2023/'24* .
Source: CBS.
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This table contains information about pupils and students who participate in primary, secondary general and secondary vocational education on the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands. Only education that is funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science is included in the tables. The numbers of pupils are given by region (Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba), by age and gender in primary education and by level (as of the 2014/’15 school year) and gender in secondary general education. As of school year 2019/’20 the students of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) are added; this vocationally oriented education was introduced as of that study year on St Eustatius and Saba. On account of the introduction of the CVQ-system, there are no longer MBO students as of study year 2021/’22 on St Eustatius and Saba.

As of 10 October 2010, the islands of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba have the status of ‘special municipalities’ of the Netherlands. The education in the Caribbean Netherlands forms part of the Dutch national education system. The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science is responsible for education policies.

Data available from: the 2009/'10 school year and study year.

Status of the figures:
Figures over school year and study year 2022/’23 are revised provisional and figures over school year and study year 2023/’24 are provisional. All other figures are final.

Changes as of 15 March 2024:
The final figures over school and study year 2021/'22, revised provisional figures over school and study year 2022/'23 and the provisional figures over school and study year 2023/'24 have been added.

Mbo participants are now referred to as mbo students. This has been corrected in this table. In 2018, it was decided to refer to mbo participants as mbo students from then on.

When will new figures be published?
In the first quarter of 2025, the revised provisional figures over school year and study year 2023/'24 and the provisional figures over school year and study year 2024/'25 will come available.
The figures over school year and study year 2022/'23 will become final.

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Participants en students