Schoolverlatersonderzoeken 2024

School leavers between education and the labour market

The annual fact sheet School leavers between education and the labour market presents quantitative results on a wide range of topics relating to graduates of VMBO, AVO, MBO and HBO in the 2022-2023 school year. This factsheet provides an up-to-date picture of the transition from education to the labour market. The data is taken from the School Leavers Survey (SVO) and the HBO Monitor. 

The fact sheet covers topics such as unemployment after graduation, average gross income, number of hours worked per week, and the proportion of graduates working at their own level or within their own field. For the 2022-2023 cohort, we see that graduates with an MBO-BBL qualification find it easiest to find a job. Unemployment immediately after graduation is increasing very slightly, which is in line with the rising unemployment figures in the Netherlands. We also see that the hourly wages of recent graduates have increased across the board compared to the wages of the cohort a year earlier. The Factsheet also provides insights into graduates' appreciation of the programme they followed. Among other things, it looks at preparation for the labour market or further education, the degree of challenge of the programme and whether graduates would choose the programme again. 

Read the factsheet: School leavers between education and the labour market (in Dutch)

Dropouts without a diploma: reasons, opportunities and future intentions

The annual fact sheet, Dropouts without a diploma: reasons, opportunities and future intentions, discusses the quantitative figures on young people who left education without a diploma in the 2022-2023 school year. The results presented are taken from a survey conducted as part of Statistics Netherlands' School Leavers Survey (SVO), completed by early school leavers. The aim of this factsheet is to provide an up-to-date picture of the situations in which school leavers find themselves.

The fact sheet provides insight into the main reasons for dropout and the distribution by educational level (pre-vocational secondary education, general secondary education and senior secondary vocational education). Both school-related causes and difficulties with the level or content of the study programme are the main causes of dropout. The data shows that young people who drop out due to mental health problems are slightly more likely to be unemployed (4%). Based on these distributions, various aspects are highlighted that are related to the choices these young people have made in the past, their current situation and their future plans.  Examples include activities at the time of the survey, any plans to return to school and whether the dropouts regret their choice. 

Read the factsheet: Dropouts without a diploma: reasons, opportunities and future intentions (in Dutch)