Binding study advice mbo.

In the first study year, the mbo school closely watches your child's progress. Students have a study progress meeting and a binding study advice. What does this mean? When does your child get it? And what do you do if you disagree? You can read that here.

Study progress meeting

At the start of the study, the mbo school checks if your child learns enough in the program. In the study progress meeting, the school talks with your child about how the program goes. They discuss what goes well and where more help is needed. Your child also gets a binding study advice, the BSA.

Positive or negative BSA

A binding study advice can be positive or negative. A positive advice means there is no problem. Your child can continue the program. There may be extra attention for some parts of the program. A negative advice means your child must stop the program. This can be hard news. That is why the mbo school may not give a negative study advice just like that. Your child first gets a written warning and time to improve study results. The school must also consider any personal situations of your child. The school must make sure your child got good education and good help.

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When does your child get the binding study advice?

Your child gets the binding study advice in the first study year. The exact time depends on the program your child follows. If your child does a multi-year program, the advice comes after nine months of the first year. If the program lasts only one year, your child gets the advice after three months.

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Negative study advice, what now?

If your child got a negative study advice, then your child cannot continue the program. You can talk with the school about starting another suitable program. Is your child under 18 and doing an entrance program? Then the school must offer a better fitting entrance program. An mbo school may not refuse a student under 18 for another program.

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Disagree with binding study advice

It can happen that you do not agree with the binding study advice for your child. For example, you think personal situations were not considered enough. Or your child did not get the right help during the study. Maybe your child did not get a required warning in time. In these cases, your child can appeal to the committee of appeal.

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