High school students who succeed from coming school with a 8.0 or higher get the words ‘cum laude’ in their diploma. Secretary Sander Dekker (Education) showed last year that he was planning. On Friday, he said that the cabinet has accepted his bill to do so
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It is probably several thousand students each year who get such high marks. The entry cum laude (with distinction), magna cum laude (with great distinction) and summa cum laude and maxima cum laude (with highest distinction) is now used by some universities and colleges.
According to Dekker more than a “tab on the teacher,” he said Friday. “I think it’s important that we students really hard to do their best and all show good grades, also reward you. Now is it often so that you will be seen as a kind of nerd or a show-off. I find it crazy. We have to be more proud of our talents. “
The Secretary of State, the official valuation also as a way to get past the” culture of mediocrity. According to him, everything is now very close to the average but there’s nothing wrong with hard work.
do average per year about 200,000 students graduated. The crop of this year, 110 270 vmbo pupils, secondary school pupils and 57 580 38 450 vwo, received Thursday to hear whether they have passed or failed, or re-examination to do
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