School leaver surveysIn Progress

Since the early 1990s, the Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) has conducted large-scale surveys among school leavers to study their transition to further education and the labour market. Since 1996, these studies have been integrated into the School Leaver Information System (SIS), which covers graduates from general secondary education (VO-Monitor), secondary vocational education (BVE-Monitor), early school leavers (VSV-Monitor), and graduates from universities of applied sciences (HBO-Monitor).

Today, the national school leaver surveys are carried out by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), commissioned by the Dutch ministries of Education, Social Affairs and Employment, and Economic Affairs. ROA remains closely involved to ensure that the surveys are aligned with recent labour market developments and consistent with the higher education graduate survey (HBO-Monitor).

Funded by: Nationaal Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek (NRO; file number 405-17-900), the UWV Werkbedrijf, the Cooperation Organisation for Vocational Education, Training and the Labour Market (SBB), and employment agency Randstad Netherlands. Four Dutch ministries contribute to the NRO funding: the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), the Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW), and the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV).

The results of the studies are published annually in national reports and factsheets, and are available as microdata via DANS for scientific research.

HBO Monitor

On behalf of the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, ROA conducts the annual HBO-Monitor. This survey provides universities of applied sciences with insights into the labour market position of their graduates and the match between programmes and professional practice. More than 85% of institutions participate voluntarily. Each year, ROA publishes national factsheets and provides institutions with detailed confidential reports.

Recent publications and data

• Key Figures School Leaver Surveys
• Annual HBO-Monitor Factsheet
• Annual VSV Factsheet
• Annual SIS Factsheet
• HBO-Monitor Thematic Report

Microdata files are available for scientific research through DANS.