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Prevocational secondary education

Prevocational training preparing for vocational training at the secondary level. It is a four-year course with four tracks, each with a fixed curriculum and set final exams: VMBO theoretical programme,...

Caribbean Netherlands; MBO students by level, sector and domain

Prevocational secondary education, pupils Level, type of education, region

Secondary education

Includes general secondary and prevocational and vocational education (vmbo and mbo) and comparable older school types and comparable private education. MBO currently offers BOL and BBL tracks.

Secondary education (VO)

Collective term for the first year of high school, special secondary education, secondary general education (havo, vwo), and prevocational training (vmbo, lwoo).

General secondary education

Term for various kinds of Dutch secondary school with a theoretical or predominantly theoretical content: vwo, havo, mavo (vmbo tracks theoretical and combined theoretical and prevocational programme)

Caribbean Netherlands; pupils in primary and secondary education

Participants Gender, chararcteristics, region

Learning support department

Education for pupils in lower secondary prevocational training (vmbo) who require remedial teaching or support in dealing with their behavioural or motivational problems to graduate. Students can study...

Education level

Figures on education levels of municipal residents. This pertains to the highest education level that has been attained.

Prevocational education

Vocational training preparing for vocational training at the secondary level. It is a four-year course for students aged 12-16. In the fourth year, students can take exams at several levels.

Government; expenditure on education and student grants, loans since 1900

Government expenditure on education Per education sector, on student grants, loans and allowance, % GDP

More graduates and less alcohol consumption among young people in 2020

With a pandemic ongoing, the year 2020 reshaped the lives of young people in the Netherlands.

Adult general secondary education

Education for adults at the secondary level, provided since 1993 at the lower and higher secondary levels (mavo, havo and vwo) and also for Dutch as a second language for highly educated people.

Special secondary education

In the period 1998-2002 the continuation of secondary education to children with learning difficulties and behavioural problems (VSO-LOM and VSO-MLK).

Education; education expenditure and CBS/OECD indicators

Education expenditure and (inter)national indicators. Government, households, companies, foreign, per education sector, % GDP.

Basic qualification

A diploma at the level of senior general secondary education (havo), pre-university education (vwo), or level-2 of senior secondary vocational education (mbo).

Adult and Vocational Education Act (WEB)

Dutch act that came into force on 1 January 1996, aiming to co-ordinate the various types of secondary vocational education, apprenticeship system, adult general secondary education, adult basic education,...

Secondary special education

Until 1998 secondary education for children who require a special approach due to behavioural or learning difficulties or a physical disability.

Nursery school and primary education

Education for children aged 4 to 12 after which they start secondary education. Until 1985 this was called pre-school and elementary school.

Secondary vocational education

Secondary vocational training including the block or day release programmes introduced by the WEB (Adult and Vocational Education Act) as per 1 August 1998.

What data does Statistics Netherlands publish on secondary education?

Nursery school and primary education

Education for children aged 4 to 12 after which they start secondary education. Until 1985 this was called pre-school and elementary school. It includes special needs education.

Vmbo

Girls perceive more performance pressure than boys

Almost half of teenage girls in the Netherlands regularly or frequently feel pressure to perform because of internal expectations. The proportion is lower among boys: 3 in 10.

Special schools

Schools providing primary and secondary education to children with learning difficulties and behavioural problems or children with physical or sensory disabilities or chronic illnesses.

Children with moderate learning difficulties

One target group for special education, both primary and secondary.