News item | 15-09-2025 | 06:00
What do you think is important if you choose a study? If you go for meaningful work with development opportunities where you also earn a serious salary, then education is a logical choice. That is the message of the new phase of the ‘Working with the Future’ campaign. This is specifically aimed at study voters. In the coming period, young people in VMBO, HAVO, VWO and MBO will orient themselves in a further education. The aim of the campaign is to make study voters enthusiastic about working in education and to follow an educational course. The number of new students increased last year. Because many teachers are needed, it is important to perpetuate that growth.
Koen Becking (State Secretary Fundend Education and Emancipation): “There are positive sounds about the inflow of teacher training courses and I am of course very happy with that. But I sincerely hope that many more young people make the choice for work in education, in whatever position. It is a fantastic course. The class and in the school are essential for good education. “
Focus on Study Selecters
At the beginning of this year, the ‘Working with the Future’ campaign started. In the first instance, it focused primarily on potential side entrants, which resulted in an increasing interest in the teacher’s profession. Now the aim is to make study voters enthusiastic in a career in primary education, secondary education or secondary vocational education. From primary school teacher to teaching assistant and from supporter to university -trained teacher German. That happens with expressions on social media, TV and with posters in schools.
More young people choose the PABO
Both the colleges and universities recorded a growth in the number of new students at the PABO and the university teacher training courses last academic year. It is now important to continue that positive line. Because in the coming years many teachers are needed in primary, secondary and secondary vocational education. The shortage of teachers in primary education is now 8.1% (7700 FTEs) and 5.1% (3800 FTE) in secondary education. That will increase in the long term, that’s how the expectation is.
About the campaign
‘Working with the future’ is the largest national campaign about working in education ever. Central are the meaning of the work, the development opportunities and the salary. Study voters and potential side entrants think that is the most important. With a positive and realistic picture, the campaign also wants to remove misconceptions about working in education. For example, the salary is underestimated, while Pabo graduates earn more than other HBO graduates.
The multi -year campaign is a collaboration with all partners in education and with the education regions. In those educational regions, school boards, teachers, teacher training courses and partners such as municipalities and UWV work together on combating the teacher shortage. This is fully deployed because better education is only possible with good and motivated people. Last year, more than 2200 side entrants applied for the subsidy of side inflow and more than 900 current educational supporters received financial support in a teacher training. The network of education regions has also been hijacking nationwide since this year. In addition, increasing the number of hours worked can make a strong contribution to the approach to the teacher shortage.