Enhancing Study Success in Dutch Vocational Education

About 50 percent of all Dutch students enroll in a vocational education program. All efforts of vocational institutes are aimed at guiding students towards a diploma; yet, on average, about 28 percent of the students drop out. The lower the level of education, the higher the likelihood of unemployment (9,3% of all 15- to 25-year-old people are unemployed. When no start qualification is obtained (vocational level 2) the unemployment rate is 12,5% for this group.). Thus, students who drop out of vocational education have a higher risk of unemployment and poverty, which is a major social. Vocatio... Mehr ...