Caribbean Netherlands; pupils primary and students secondary education

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 Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 2,408
Total male and female Younger than 5 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 259
Total male and female 5 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 260
Total male and female 6 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 267
Total male and female 7 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 301
Total male and female 8 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 311
Total male and female 9 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 318
Total male and female 10 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 293
Total male and female 11 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 297
Total male and female 12 years or older Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 102
Total male and female Total secondary education (VO, CVQ, MBO) Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 2,448
Total male and female Total secondary general education (VO) Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 1,615
Total male and female VO: Practical education Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 191
Total male and female VO: Lower forms Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 775
Total male and female VO: General programmes Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 432
Total male and female VO: Pre-vocational programmes Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 217
Total male and female Vocational education - CVQ Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 85
Total male and female Vocational education - MBO Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 748
Male Total primary education Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 1,221
Male Younger than 5 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 141
Male 5 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 124
Male 6 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 122
Male 7 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 149
Male 8 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 149
Male 9 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 168
Male 10 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 140
Male 11 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 171
Male 12 years or older Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 57
Male Total secondary education (VO, CVQ, MBO) Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* .
Male Total secondary general education (VO) Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 833
Male VO: Practical education Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 125
Male VO: Lower forms Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 408
Male VO: General programmes Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 190
Male VO: Pre-vocational programmes Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 110
Male Vocational education - CVQ Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 36
Male Vocational education - MBO Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* .
Female Total primary education Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 1,187
Female Younger than 5 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 118
Female 5 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 136
Female 6 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 145
Female 7 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 152
Female 8 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 162
Female 9 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 150
Female 10 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 153
Female 11 years Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 126
Female 12 years or older Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 45
Female Total secondary education (VO, CVQ, MBO) Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* .
Female Total secondary general education (VO) Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 782
Female VO: Practical education Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 66
Female VO: Lower forms Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 367
Female VO: General programmes Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 242
Female VO: Pre-vocational programmes Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 107
Female Vocational education - CVQ Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* 49
Female Vocational education - MBO Caribbean Netherlands 2022/'23* .
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 2021/’22 are revised provisional and figures over school year and study year 2022/’23 are provisional figures. All other figures are final.

Changes as of 15 March 2022:
The revised provisional figures over school year and study year 2021/'22 and the provisional figures over school year and study year 2022/'23 have been added.
The figures over school year and study year 2020/'21 have become final.

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 2024, the revised provisional figures over school year and study year 2022/'23 and the provisional figures over school year and study year 2023/'24 will come available.
The figures over school year and study year 2021/'22 will become final.

Description topics

Participants en students