Early School Leavers in Secondary and Vocational Education by Institution and Background

Early school leavers data from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. The dataset counts young people under 23 who left education without a starting qualification, defined as a minimum havo/VWO diploma or MBO-2 diploma. Figures are broken down by school institution and various background characteristics.

Use Cases

• Identify high-risk school institutions based on early leaver counts per institution.
• Analyze demographic disparities in educational attainment based on background characteristics.
• Monitor trends in vocational (MBO) versus secondary education dropout rates.
• Evaluate policy interventions aimed at reducing the number of young people without a starting qualification.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
• Provides institution-level granularity for targeted analysis.
• Includes breakdowns by multiple background characteristics for demographic study.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Likely the Netherlands, based on the use of Dutch educational qualification terms (havo, VWO, MBO).