HBO teacher training in the plus
The number of first-year teacher training students has increased by 32 percent this academic year, and the intake at the second-grade teacher training courses also increased. Only the educational master's programs in higher professional education are lagging somewhat behind.
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Now that all enrollments in higher education have been officially counted, it appears that the universities of applied sciences have welcomed almost 125 thousand first-year students this academic year: ten percent more than the year before. According to a spokesman for the Association of Universities of Applied Sciences (VH), the increase can be explained, among other things, by the fact that more havo graduates passed, fewer students take a gap year and that mbo students were conditionally admitted.
Pabo's
Especially the teacher training colleges grew explosively. There, no fewer than 6.849 students started their first year, 1.648 more than last year (32 percent). This is partly due to the conditional admission of students who had not yet received their diploma or could not yet take the PABO knowledge test due to the corona crisis.
The VH is still investigating whether the dropout rate among these students is higher than normal this year, but the spokesperson has already said that it is absolutely realistic that the percentage is still falling. The employers' association is currently asking the universities of applied sciences whether they can report whether the admission tests have already been taken and how many students dropped out. The keys had to on 1 January 2021 completed, but corona makes it more difficult to plan and prepare tests.
Second degree courses
Second-degree programs are also on the rise: they are going from 4.362 first-years to 4.755 (9 percent). Notable risers are Spanish (82 percent), social studies (37 percent), the academies of physical education (21 percent) and history (19 percent). Furthermore, English is doing well (14 percent) and German (9 percent) and physics (7 percent) are on the way back.
The picture is still not very bright for the Dutch teacher training program. After a small recovery, the number of first-years is again smaller (-17 percent).
First degree
The intake in first-degree teacher training in higher professional education fell by 8 percent: from 606 to 556. The intake in geography is still the largest, but a quarter smaller than last year: 99 instead of 132.
The picture is favorable for university teacher training programs, but not yet complete. The intake for the Master's programs has increased by a quarter, from 661 to 827, but a breakdown per subject will follow later.
