\u2018As a parent you stand on the sidelines in mbo and that must change,\u2019 notes Van Hoek. Her son Niek will start after summer with an mbo Beroeps Begeleidende Leerweg (BBL) course. \u2018You have to keep pushing. When you call the school, the responsible say they are busy with it. I spoke to a duty of care coordinator, but it takes a long time before it gets going. I trust it will be fine in the end. But I am not a mother who stays in wait-and-see mode. I will follow up, keep calling and want to know exactly how it is.\u2019<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","quote_tekst":"I am not a mother who stays in wait-and-see mode. I will follow up, keep calling and want to know exactly how it is"},{"acf_fc_layout":"extra_inhoud_blok","inhoud":"
In a BBL course, students work at a recognized training company and sometimes follow lessons at school. Learning mainly happens in practice. For Niek this is quite a big step. \u2018I want to make clear how this looks,\u2019 explains Van Hoek. \u2018Together with the employer I want to look at the policy. I would like to have that on paper. So not only the employer and school keep the line short, but they also involve me.\u2019 Niek comes from special education and cannot handle many stimuli well. \u2018He is used to a small school. At the new mbo school he can get a key for a side door. Then he does not have to pass through all those hallways. That is all possible.\u2019<\/p>\n
Much is still unclear. \u2018How it will go is still a big question for us. You get the information at an open evening, but my son still has to do a trial day. That is somewhere in spring. Then I will know how he experiences the education and if other things are needed.\u2019 Something else stood out during the open day. \u2018Mbos are not small schools, they are actually factories. Then I think: how will that go? But well, the BBL course is only one day, so he will probably get through that.\u2019 Van Hoek shows no doubts in front of Niek. \u2018I am very reserved about that. And only say: this is what you want, try it and go for it. That is also necessary, because if you see obstacles, he will see them too. Let him maneuver and discover.\u2019<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","quote_tekst":"If you see obstacles, then my son will see them too. Let him maneuver and discover."},{"acf_fc_layout":"extra_inhoud_blok","inhoud":"
Also daughter Lotte goes to an mbo school, but that registration also did not go smoothly. \u2018The course at a roc she wanted to follow was first only offered in the BBL variant. So a 16-year-old girl must work almost fully. She is much too young for that. Come on!\u2019 She therefore goes to another roc. \u2018There they still offer the Beroeps Opleidende Leerweg (BOL), but they call it broad plus. So all levels are in one class. How many students that will be, they cannot say yet. Luckily it is only about the subjects Dutch, English and mathematics, for vocational subjects the class is split up.\u2019<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote","quote_tekst":"You cannot put it on a teacher shortage. That does not make sense to me."},{"acf_fc_layout":"extra_inhoud_blok","inhoud":"
It is a complaint you hear more often. That mbo schools want to save costs by offering as many lessons as possible together. Efficiency above all. \u2018It is probably a pure money issue,\u2019 confirms Van Hoek. \u2018You cannot put it on a teacher shortage. That does not make sense to me.\u2019 Mbo schools may be more transparent about financial matters from her point of view. \u2018I want to know clearly where the money goes and what it is spent on. If you know how it is divided, you also have more insight as a parent.\u2019<\/p>\n
It is questionable if the mbo schools are willing to do so. Still Van Hoek remains optimistic. \u2018There are twists in this story that make you think: education can never go normal. Yet I trust it will be fine soon at that school factory.\u2019<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"knop","knop":{"title":"Read everything about mbo on our special theme page","url":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/kennisbank\/mbo\/","target":""},"kleur":"secondary"}],"call_to_action":"nieuwsbrief","call_to_action_2":"geen","auteur":"","foto":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Foto-Winny-van-Hoek.jpg","naam":"Winny van hoek","quote":"I am not a mother who stays in wait-and-see mode. I chase it, keep calling and want to know exactly how it is.","zoekwoorden":""},"yoast_head":"\n