Education in the Netherlands
Feb 24, 2010
The Dutch are a highly educated people. The level of participation in education is high: of the Netherlands' 16 million inhabitants, nearly 3.5 million attend some form of educational programme. One out of three school-leavers now completes a first university degree.
Nevertheless, as a traditional centre of knowledge the country will face a number of challenges in the coming years, the most important of which are the need to make further improvements in the quality of education and to provide equal opportunities for everyone, variety of choice in education and specially tailored content and counselling. The greatest threat is the increasing teacher shortage in primary, secondary, university and professional education.
For more information about the Dutch education system, see the
information file on Eurydice, the European education information
network. The file provides a general introduction to the education
system in the Netherlands. It also gives information about the Dutch
political system and economy. 
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Summary of the action plan
The Commissie Leraren (Commission on Teacher Recruitment and Retention), chaired by Alexander Rinnooy Kan, was asked to produce recommendations to this end. On 12 September 2007, the commission returned its final report “Leerkracht”. The Action Plan (of which this document is a summary) represents the Dutch government’s response. Publication | 06-05-2008 |
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OECD Review
News items | 15-05-2007