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Higher vocational education (HBO) The 43 HBO institutions in the Netherlands together offer 200 programmes in a wide range of disciplines. They provide theoretical and practical training for occupations for which a higher vocational qualification is either required or useful.
27 lis 2023 · To be recognised, fully privately-funded higher education institutions need to be approved by the Education Inspectorate and the Netherlands-Flanders Accreditation Organisation (NVAO). The certificates they award to graduates are equivalent to those awarded by publicly-funded institutions.
The Dutch educational system in divided in 2 ways. ⇒ Further education after secondary school (high school): according to level: mbo (ROC), hbo (HAN University of Applied Sciences) or university (Radboud University).
In higher education, VPL is mainly offered in higher professional education (HBO), though less in research universities, which usually accredit only formally acquired learning outcomes. Initiatives based on the learning outcomes approach have been piloted since 2016 to make learning routes more flexible for students in part-time and work-based ...
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27 lis 2023 · Funding in education. Last update: 27 November 2023. Under Article 23 of the Constitution, all educational institutions – public and private – are funded on an equal basis. Schools and other educational institutions annually receive one budget from the central government for the costs of materials and personnel.
14 gru 2023 · MBO certificate-holders can go on to higher professional education, while HBO graduates may also go on to university. A large number of HBO institutions (hogescholen) in the Netherlands are government-funded.
