Every absence is logged. Repeated lateness triggers conversations. Schools also notify municipal attendance officers.<\/p>\n
Support mechanisms are activated before a young person disappears from the system altogether. Sometimes pupils are signed off, increasingly with mental health issues like anxiety.<\/p>\n
While they wait for the appropriate referrals, they are classified as “thuis zitters” literally translated as “people sitting at home”. The school still receives a budget for them, which can be used to cover the cost of external support.<\/p>\n
Truancy without an explanation can trigger sanctions including fines, community service orders or juvenile supervision measures.<\/p>\n
In England, if a child is skipping school without a valid explanation, local councils and schools can use various legal powers, including fines.<\/p>\n
But the Dutch blueprint isn’t foolproof – youth unemployment is rising.<\/p>\n
In response, the government is making it easier for young people to claim benefits, supported by the Dutch Employee Insurance Agency, or UWV, a body that supports these who are out of work, administers welfare payments, and helps connect jobseekers with employers.<\/p>\n
For young people at risk of becoming Neet, it’s a one stop shop for support, guidance and opportunities.<\/p>\n
Despite what she describes as a turbulent journey through school, Amelie believes that without the flexibility to change path along the way she might have dropped out altogether.<\/p>\n
Now aged 20, she hopes to pursue a career in education and is currently training to become a teaching assistant at a vocational college in The Hague, ROC Mondriaan.<\/p>\n
One day, she hopes she will be able to support young people who face the same challenges she once did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every absence is logged. Repeated lateness triggers conversations. Schools also notify municipal attendance officers. Support mechanisms are activated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-626767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}