Tailored education.

What is tailored education?

The law states that every public primary school and partnership tailored education school must offer tailored education when parents ask for it. It is one hour per week when children receive lessons in a religious or philosophical belief at their own primary school. The parent chooses this direction themselves. Tailored education is given by teachers from different religious and philosophical backgrounds. These teachers are not connected to your child’s primary school.

Parents’ choice

Parents can choose a specific belief, such as Buddhist, Hindu, humanist, Islamic, Jewish, catholic, or protestant. There is also the option to choose lessons where teachers from different beliefs give joint lessons.

The lessons are only for children of the parents who chose it. Classmates who do not join stay with their own teacher during that time. Schools make sure that the core subjects, math and language, are not given during the hour of tailored education.

How to request

As a parent, you request tailored education for your child from the school director. The school director then checks if there are other parents who also want tailored education for their child. You can also contact the school participation council of your child’s school. They can help think about offering tailored education at the school.

The school must include information about tailored education in the school guide.

No costs for parents and schools

Parents and schools do not have to pay for tailored education. Tailored education is paid by the government. The request for tailored education goes through the centre for tailored education.