EDUCATION
Education policy includes increasing bilingual opportunities, connecting education with the job market, and raising the quality of schools that do no meet the Education Inspectorate’s standard. Primary schools to teach about fifteen percent of courses in English, German or French. Not only do pupils learn a second language, such as English, they also learn other subjects, such as biology or history, through one of these languages.
PUBLIC (OPENBARE) SCHOOLS
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Most private schools are denominational (Roman Catholic, Protestant, Islamic, Hindu, etc.) or follow specific philosophic principles. Private schools are governed by a board or the foundation that set them up. Financially, they have the same status as public schools and are basically free, although all schools ask for a contribution for things such as school trips.
Major holidays for state schools are set nationally with staggered start/finish times between three regions. Private international school holidays can be different. For school holidays per region, look up schoolvakanties on www.rijksoverheid.nl (in Dutch). TYPES OF SCHOOL Source schools via your city’s website (onderwijs = education), or on Expatica.com’s Education channel.
State-run schools (non-denominational) provide secular education, but they can also offer teaching around specific philosophic or pedagogic principles (Montessori, Waldorf, Steiner, etc.). Public schools are governed by the municipal council or a public legal entity or foundation set up by the council. PRIVATE SCHOOLS
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS These provide education for global nomad students of any nationality. Dutch International Primary Schools (DIPS) and Dutch International Secondary
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