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20 results for keyword:academic year

One in five schools have fewer than 100 pupils

In 2011/’12, there were nearly 7 thousand primary schools establishments in the Netherlands. One in five had fewer than 100 pupils. The number of small primary schools has grown somewhat in recent...

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Associate-degree programme attracts mainly mbo graduates

Many first year students in higher professional education (hbo) in the Netherlands in 2012/’11 who opted for the shorter two-year programme are graduates from senior secondary vocational education...

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Business administration and management most popular higher education disciplines

These are a few of the main conclusions of the annual education report Jaarboek onderwijs in cijfers 2012.

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Concurrence of services and income 2009 (follow-up study, Dutch only)

Follow-up study on individuals with multiple services and benefits at the same time in the domains of care and income in 2009. In this study, data on the WMO (Law on social support) have been...

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Steady increase in pupils attending special schools

In school year 2010/’11 nearly 69 thousand pupils went to special schools, compared to 54 thousand in school year 2003/’04.

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Three-quarters of school drop-outs find a job eventually

Fewer early school-leavers find a job in the long run than school-leavers with a basic qualification.

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Care education more popular than ever

In school year 2008/’09, the number of students in senior secondary vocational education (mbo) who successfully completed courses in nursing and care disciplines, and courses training for...

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Substantial part of school drop-outs return to school after period of non-attendance

In school year 2009/’10, approximately 30 percent of pupils who had left school prematurely in 2004/’05 had returned to school or otherwise obtained a basic qualification.

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From self-employes to employed

This article shows the results of a study of self-employed workers who made the switch tobecome paid employees. This study was a follow-up to a study on employees who startedup their own business and...

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Many German students in Dutch higher education

In 2008/’09, nearly 45 thousand foreign students were enrolled at Dutch vocational colleges and universities, a 28 percent growth compared to 2005/’06. The majority of them are German (42 percent).

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Over 70 thousand refugees in the Netherlands

On 1 January 2008 there were over 70 thousand refugees living in the Netherlands.

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Household consumption down

Dutch household spending on goods and services was 3.5 percent lower in August 2009 than in August 2008.

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Strong increase in mental health care

More and more people in the Netherlands are making use of mental health care. The volume of mental health care rose by an average 6.4 percent per year from 2000 to 2007.

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Culture and society no longer most popular subject cluster among havo-4 girls

In 2007/’08, far fewer havo-4 girls (38 percent) opted for the Culture and society profile than in the preceding school years (more than 50 percent). The Economics and society profile is now...

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Surplus of 2.3 billion euro for municipalities

Dutch municipalities added 2.3 billion euro to their net assets in 2006. This is over 1.1 billion more than in 2005, when they had a surplus of 1.2 billion euro.

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