Educating the Dutch

presentation by
drs Ronald M.van Pinxteren

daily
2.700.000 pupils
between the age of 4 and 18 years
are educated by
250.000 teachers
against the yearly costs of
17.000.000.000
The Netherlands in a nut shell:
Population 16.800.0000
GDP 580.000.000.000
Budget 27.100.000.000
Average wages 3.429,74 /month
Start wages teacher 2.290,00 / month
Top wages teacher 5.100,00 / month
EMMEN
PRIMAIRY EDUCATION:

4 till 12 years
8 levels/classes
teachers mainly women
children in one class about 30
advancement of pupils measured by tests (CITO)
Final test by CITO helps to determine next
educational level
1.600.000 pupils and 94.900 teachers
SECUNDAIRY EDUCATION:

12 till 16 - 17 - 18 years
5 levels
nummer of children in one class about 28
900.000 pupils and 60.900 teachers
EXAMES:
nation wide organized in May (CITO)
16y vocational or prevocational education (LBO)
MBO (secundairy vocational education)
17 y senior general secundairy education (HAVO)
HBO (higher professional education)
18 y pre-university education (VWO)
University

Results:

basic vocational training program 100%
vocational training program 94.2%
vocational training program theory 95.6%
sen. sec. general education 88.3%
pre-university education 94.1%
Average work load full time teacher:
total work load weekly 42.9 h (normally 36 h)
26 h/w (50 min) teaching classes with an average of 28 pupils
work stress over 60% of the teachers experience to much stress
40% of new teachers between 20 en 30 will quit the job
but I still hope to teach
the pupils for the next 4
years.