Compulsory Education Officer

In the Netherlands, compulsory education applies to every child from the age of 5. Sometimes there may be problems with going to school. In that case, the school can call in the school attendance officer. This official works for the municipality and helps in various ways:

• Helping with motivation: The compulsory education officer thinks and helps to get the student back to school.
• Exemption from education: The official looks at whether a student can be exempt from education.
• Enforcing school absenteeism: If a child regularly fails to attend school, the school attendance officer will first meet with you and/or your child to see what is going on.

The school attendance officer in Son en Breugel falls under the cmd. Because problems with school are often related to other concerns, the obligatory education officer can quickly cooperate with consultants and social workers of the cmd. In this way, solutions can be found quickly for the problems in your family, for yourself or for your child.