{"id":180209,"date":"2025-06-26T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=180209"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:27:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:27:52","slug":"more-university-students-enrolling-in-teacher-training-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2025\/06\/26\/more-university-students-enrolling-in-teacher-training-programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"More university students enrolling in teacher training programmes"},"content":{"rendered":"

After years of decline, this academic year has seen a slight increase in students beginning university teacher training programmes. In total, there are 1,784 new enrolments. That’s over a hundred more than a year ago.<\/p>\n

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Given the teacher shortage, universities have been running a campaign<\/a> for programmes and pathways leading to teaching jobs for some time. This effort is now bearing fruit, they say in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The universities offer a wide range of options. You can enrol in a university version of the teacher training college to teach in primary education, or you can start working in lower secondary education after completing a module (or minor) of 30 credits. In addition, there are master\u2019s programmes and so-called lateral entry tracks to become a teacher in upper secondary education, specifically in the havo and vwo streams.<\/p>\n

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This year, the university programmes for primary education attracted<\/a> 500 new students, which is more than ever before. Even during the peak year of 2020\/2021, there were fewer students. This figure includes not only the university teacher training college but also a special master\u2019s programme that has existed for three years.<\/p>\n

However, the fact that students start the programme does not guarantee that they will obtain their diploma. In September 2016 and 2017, around 350 students enrolled in the university teacher training college, while the number of diplomas issued three, four, or five years later hovers around 200.<\/p>\n\n\t

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