Founded in 1801, the Netherlands’ Inspectorate of Education is one of the oldest state Inspectorates of Education.
The Inspectorate:
- stimulates schools and educational institutions to maintain and improve the quality of the education they offer;
- assesses the quality of education of the individual educational institutes and the education system as a whole in the Netherlands and its developments;
- communicates in an accessible way with all its target groups and stakeholders;
- reports to the public.