Some 210,000 high school students take part in this year’s central exams. The bulk of the 110,000 candidates does examination at VMBO level. In addition, laying more than 59,000 students exams at secondary school level and VWO are that about 38,000.
HAVO begin Thursday morning with the exam social sciences. In the afternoon the HAVO physics on the program. VWO students take the exam Thursday Dutch, while Thursday vmbo pupils have a day of rest, to begin Friday with the first central exams.
The exams last until Friday, May 27th. About two weeks later, the candidates are entitled to expect the results.
hotline
Parallel to the start of the examinations opens the National Action Committee Pupils (LAX) Thursday also their annual Graduation hotline again. Exam candidates can in the school organization with all their questions and complaints about the organization, content and level of the tests.
Loran Hempenius, hotline coordinator at LAX, this year hopes to receive fewer complaints than in previous years . “Last year we processed a record number of complaints:. 161 000 This is on one hand a sign that students know where to find us, but it also shows that students increasingly are less satisfied with the tests.”
Many symptoms come back every year, such as complaints about noise. These symptoms are easily preventable. Hempenius wants this year the number of complaints drop to below 120 000
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“We have asked among other schools prior to contact with the municipality to reduce noise work. we also have students pointed out that they are solely responsible for the proper preparation. Complaints about examination material that never in the lesson can thus hopefully reducing treatment, “said Hempenius .
Dutch
It is questionable whether the desired reduction in symptoms is also realized. Thursday is common exam for Dutch VWO students in the program and examination provides traditionally much complaining.
The LAKS has also long been dissatisfied with the content of the exam Dutch. “Every year that examination under discussion. About the exam Dutch VWO absolute and relative get the most complaints.”
According to the Hempenius shoot that test his purpose whatsoever over. “The LAKS is not happy with this test and cards we already it has become so abstract to. A few years. Hopefully we reach finally the tipping point and see CITO and the College of Tests and Exams that this does not work.”
from Thursday, May 12th you can find the latest news and noteworthy events surrounding the final exams in the exam file Scholieren.com on NU.nl. The work of the bloggers Scholieren.com can also be followed through the channel underneath the front of NU.nl
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