Dutch Education

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Backpacks hanging on the backs of chairs in a primary school classroom
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Dutch schools open with many students still missing textbooks
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Backpacks hanging on the backs of chairs in a primary school classroom
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Surge in expat students strains Eindhoven schools as language funding plummets
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Man smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer
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Half of Dutch adults overweight as smoking and drinking decline
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Students line up for coffee at the Koffiebrigade stand set up on the first day of the academic year at the University of Amsterdam’s Science Park campus, 4 September 2023
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Amsterdam Universities condemn ‘reckless’ education cuts, demand reversal
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VVD leader Dilan Yeşilgöz in a parliamentary debate on the Cabinet formation talks between PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB, 29 March 2024
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VVD leader Yeşilgöz criticizes opposition parties amid budget talks
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Thousands appear at protest in The Hague against broad higher education budget cuts. 25 November 2024
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Thousands protest against higher education budget cuts in The Hague
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PVV leader Geert Wilders at the podium, D66 leader Jan Paternotte at the interruption mic during the parliamentary debate on the 2023 budget with the Cabinet looking on, 21 September 2022
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Opposition parties form alliance against education cuts
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Bored students in a lecture hall
Business
More young people dropping out of school without starter qualification
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Teacher in class
Culture
Tens of thousands of education jobs remained vacant last school year
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Secondary school students
Politics
New record number of complaints from Dutch secondary students during final exams
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Secondary school students
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More than 50,000 complaints from Dutch secondary students during final exams
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Teacher in class
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One in ten history teachers face students who deny the Holocaust