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Fewer and Fewer First-Year Secondary Students Going to VMBO: ‘Parents Think Too Often of Themselves and Not of the Child’

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The whole of the Netherlands is desperate for people who can work with their hands. Yet fewer and fewer students in West Brabant are choosing a VMBO bridging class. In ten years, that number has decreased by 17 percent. "We need to start valuing craftsmanship much more."

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The whole of the Netherlands is desperate for people who can work with their hands. Yet fewer and fewer students are choosing a VMBO bridging class. In ten years, that number has decreased by more than 10 percent. "We need to start valuing craftsmanship much more."

·Rotterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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The whole of the Netherlands is desperate for people who can work with their hands. Yet fewer and fewer students in West Brabant are choosing a VMBO bridging class. In ten years, that number has decreased by 17 percent. "We need to start valuing craftsmanship much more."

In ten years, the number of first-year students in pre-vocational secondary education decreased by 20 percent. Is that bad or not?

·Nijmegen, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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gelderlander.nl broke the news in Nijmegen, Netherlands (Kingdom of the) on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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