Early childhood education
and care in the Netherlands
Ping Dai & Yao Xiao
Royal Coat of Arms of the Netherlands 28.04.2022
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European Netherlands total area: 41,543 km2
European Netherlands land area: 33,481 km2
The Caribbean Netherlands total area:328 km2
CapitaLand largest city: Amsterdam
Government seat: The Hague
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• Population: 17.6 million
• Population density: 1,360 / km2
• 92.5 % of the population
is urban (15,847,281 people in 2020)
•The median age in the Netherlands is 43.3 years.
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the States General meet
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Gateway to Europe
Netherlands GDP Economic Sectors
75% of the agriculture products is exported
Belgium
11% of total bulb exports to China
Europe’s second largest
Exporter
producer of natural gas
• Religion in the Netherlands
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Parental leave
• 6 weeks pregnancy leave (before the due date) • 1 week of parental leave for partners after the birth. (100%
10 weeks maternity leave (after childbirth) . (100% salary)
salary) • Partners have the right to 5 weeks unpaid leave in the first
• In the case of a multiple birth, the employee has 6 months after the birth. They can also choose to take less
the right to at least 20 weeks leave. . (100% than 5 weeks. (70% salary)
salary)
ECEC SETTING
Playgroups Childcare centers Family day care by
(Private day-care centers) child-minders
(Public funded)
Offer a more formal type of Offer care for children between Offer care for children between
ECEC for children 2 -4 years birth and 4. birth until compulsory schooling
old. age.
1. Childcare centres
• from 6 to 8 weeks up to age 4
• open for up to 11 hours a day
Main types of
for 50 weeks a year,
with morning and afternoon shifts
Provision in
the
2. Publicly funded playgroups
• in principle for all children from age 2 to
Netherlands
age 4
• in reality mostly attended by children from
socially disadvantaged backgrounds or by
children with imminent disabilities or
potential developmental delays
• generally open only for a half day
• 3. Family day care services
• children from the age of 6 weeks up to school entry age
• Home-based provision
• *4. Primary School
• 4-year olds can entry
• required to be open on 4 half days for at least 2.5 hours per day.
• usually closed on Wednesday afternoons.
• Municipalities are obliged to provide 4-year olds with a midday or afternoon care arrangement
•
Participation rates in regulated provision
Financing and Costs
In general it’s not for free.
Childcare centres- Private services are not
subsidised by the government.
Public subsidised Playgroups- from national
governments parents
Primary schools are financed through municipal
budgets allocated by the national government.
Fees are usually income- related.
Staff-child ratios
The maximum group size requirements in childcare centres are:
• 12 in groups for children under 1 year of age;
• 16 in groups for children up to 4 years of age, with no more than 8 under 1-year
olds;
One qualified member of staff is responsible for :
• 4 under-1-year olds
• 5 one- to 2-year olds
• 6 two- to 3-year olds
• 8 three-to 4-year olds
Netherlands:
ECEC staff in
centre-based
settings
There is no national curricular framework for the work
in childcare centres and playgroups for under-4-year
olds.
Key aspects (1)sensory coordination and
• interactions physical movement;
between staff and (2) the Dutch language;
Curriculum children
(3) arithmetic and maths;
Frameworks • caregiving
procedures (4) the English language;
• age-distribution in (5) Optional subjects such
the groups as geography, history,
• transmission of religion;
norms and values (6) expression;
• indoor and outdoor (7) self-confidence;
play activities
(8) healthy living.
Remuneration
a caregiver : between 1,900€ and 2,600€ per month, depending on the
length of working experience.
a primary school teacher: between 2500€ and 4000€ per month,
according to length of working experience and professional award level.
Caregivers worked,
on average, 27.7
hours per week
Full-time and part-
time employment
Teachers in primary
schools may also
work part-time.
1. The professional
development of staff working
Continuing in childcare settings
Professional
Development 2. The pedagogical interaction
skills still needs to be
improved
1. Different regulations
2. Differences in quality
Current
3. Non national curriculum yet
Challenges
4. No research about the role of parents
5. No organisation or governmental agency that
has a leading role in innovation and supervision
THE NETHERLANDS ECEC
Workforce Profile
Country report author Ruben Fukkink
Professor, Faculty of Education,
University of Amsterdam and
Amsterdam University of Applied
Sciences.
THE NETHERLANDS Key
References Contextual Data
Compiled by
Inge Schreyer and Pamela
Oberhuemer
Education in the
Netherlands
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