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languages:drents_in_the_netherlands [2025/11/03 15:08] – [History of language education] ydwinelanguages:drents_in_the_netherlands [2025/11/03 15:11] (current) – [National legislation on minority language education] ydwine
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   * Primary education (4-12 years)    * Primary education (4-12 years) 
 In primary education, the [[https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003420/2023-01-01/0|Wet op het primair onderwijs]] (English: Primary Education Act) states that, when 'a regional language which is in living use', this language can be also be used as the medium of instruction, besides Dutch ((Wet op het primair onderwijs [Eng: Primary Education Act]. (1981, July 2). [[https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003420/2023-01-01/0]].)). This allows for the use of Drents, as underlined by the Covenant on the Recognition by The Netherlands of the Low Saxon Regional Language. In primary education, the [[https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003420/2023-01-01/0|Wet op het primair onderwijs]] (English: Primary Education Act) states that, when 'a regional language which is in living use', this language can be also be used as the medium of instruction, besides Dutch ((Wet op het primair onderwijs [Eng: Primary Education Act]. (1981, July 2). [[https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0003420/2023-01-01/0]].)). This allows for the use of Drents, as underlined by the Covenant on the Recognition by The Netherlands of the Low Saxon Regional Language.
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 +Since 1993, attainment targets (Dutch: //kerndoelen//) for primary education have been established for the mandatory curriculum subjects on a national level. Low Saxon has not been mentioned explicitly (also see [[drents_in_the_netherlands#History of language education|History of language education]]. 
  
   * Secondary education (12-16/18 years)   * Secondary education (12-16/18 years)
 The //Wet op het voortgezet onderwijs// (English: Secondary Education Act) allows teachers and pupiles to deviate from Dutch as the language of instruction when the subject is about that language, or when it is necessary to do so for pupils because of their linguistic background ((Wet voortgezet onderwijs 2020, BWBR0044212 [Secondary Education Act of 2020]. (2020, September 30). Retrieved October 15, 2024, from [[https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0044212/2024-01-01/0]].)). The //Wet op het voortgezet onderwijs// (English: Secondary Education Act) allows teachers and pupiles to deviate from Dutch as the language of instruction when the subject is about that language, or when it is necessary to do so for pupils because of their linguistic background ((Wet voortgezet onderwijs 2020, BWBR0044212 [Secondary Education Act of 2020]. (2020, September 30). Retrieved October 15, 2024, from [[https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0044212/2024-01-01/0]].)).
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 +Since 1993, attainment targets (Dutch: //kerndoelen//) for the lower years of secondary education have been established for the mandatory curriculum subjects on a national level. Low Saxon has not been mentioned explicitly (also see [[drents_in_the_netherlands#History of language education|History of language education]].
  
   * Vocational education (≥ 16 years)   * Vocational education (≥ 16 years)
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