Diploma recognition for job applicants
Under the terms of the law all teachers in the Caribbean Netherlands should have a diploma which is recognised by the OCW (Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap; Ministry of Education, Culture and Science). Diplomas of job applicants who did not obtain their qualification in the Netherlands or at an educational body recognized by the NVAO*, should be assessed during the application procedure.
For teachers who obtained their diploma outside the Netherlands or CN it is noted that they are allowed to teach in the CN, subject to the conditions below. Diploma recognition should be requested from DUO. If the diploma of a teacher is recognised, that person is authorised to teach. DUO assesses per individual whether the diploma owner meets the following criteria:
For primary education and special education:
- You are in possession of a diploma that is at least equivalent to the Dutch diploma for primary education teacher;
- You can demonstrate that you are authorised as a primary or special education teacher in the country where you obtained your diploma;
- You can demonstrate that you are competent as a primary or special education teacher in the country where you obtained your diploma; and
- You dispose of documentary evidence from which it becomes apparent that you master the official language of education at level B2 or that you are in possession of a diploma of a Senior General Secondary Education (HAVO), Pre-University Education (VWO) or Senior Secondary Vocational Education (MBO) at level 4 from which it becomes apparent that you took an exam in one or more of these languages. The official languages on Saba and St. Eustatius are English or Dutch, on Bonaire Papiamento or Dutch.