Preventing Early School Leaving: the Secret of the Dutch Approach
Nieuwsbericht | 12 juli 2012
Het online magazine the Government Gazette (onder hoofdredactie van de vooraanstaande Europarlementariër Sir Graham Watson) heeft deze maand een apart katern gewijd aan Nederland. Aan minister Marja van Bijsterveldt is een bijdrage gevraagd over een actueel onderwijsthema. Onderstaand artikel is gewijd aan de succesvolle Nederlandse aanpak van voortijdig schoolverlaten.
Preventing Early School Leaving: the Secret of the Dutch Approach
The future of our youth, the health of the economy and the vibrancy of the labour market all start with good education. Investing in youth pays off, because young people with a basic qualification have more chance of finding work. Youth unemployment is relatively low in the Netherlands thanks to decreasing numbers of early school leavers.
Early school leaving (ESL) can be prevented by providing quality education and by offering individuals and society hope for the future. The statistics say it all: without a basic qualification young people are the first to be laid off in times of crisis, they are twice as likely to be unemployed and are five times more likely to commit crime. When the Lisbon objectives were set in 2000, the EU Member States agreed to reduce the number of young people without a basic qualification to 10% by 2010. This is also one of the five main objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy for growth and jobs. The Netherlands has achieved good results in reducing ESL in recent years. Lees het volledige artikel op de website van de Government Gazette.
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