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Choose your Education [Onderwijskiezer]

Flanders

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Onderwijskiezer is an informative website on education and training in Flanders and the Brussels-Capital Region.
It was initiated by the Vrij CLB (Subsidised Free Education pupil guidance centres) and GO! CLB (Community Educa-
tion pupil guidance centres) umbrellas, supported by the OVSG CLB (Education Secretariat of Flemish Cities and Mu-
nicipalities pupil guidance centres) and POV CLB (Provincial Education Flanders pupil guidance centres) umbrellas.
Onderwijskiezer contains objective, neutral information on every recognised course in Flanders and is kept up to
date by a team of guidance professionals.

Onderwijskiezer offers a number of scientifically based tests that can help young people in exploring their interests
and study attitude, at key moments during their education and training. Onderwijskiezer is also the platform for the
new exploration instrument, Columbus (see p. 33), and the teacher training entry test. Anyone can forward a ques-
tion on educational topics to the service at any time. Onderwijskiezer guarantees an expert answer within 24 hours.

AIM(S) RESULTS AND IMPACT

Onderwijskiezer wants to be THE benchmark in Flanders One Flemish person out of 5 has used Onderwijskiezer
and the Brussels-Capital Region for anyone looking for at least once. More than 1 million youngsters completed
information on the education landscape. It is the firm one of the online tests it provides. It is hard to know
intention to continue positioning Onderwijskiezer as what the exact impact will be, but the enormous and
THE essential source of information on education. steadily growing success demonstrates that this way of
providing information is popular.
Recent Developments in Guidance - Belgium | Chapter 2 | Service Development
TARGET GROUP(S)
MORE INFORMATION?
All the pupils, students, teachers, CLB staff and everyone
looking for information on learning opportunities. • www.onderwijskiezer.be
• Contact Dirk Verrycken
• ([email protected])
METHODOLOGY •
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Collecting and offering objective information in a
user-friendly way. To realise this, Onderwijskiezer entered
into partnerships with external partners (such as the
Ministry of Education and Training, VDAB and temp
offices), whilst carefully retaining its own vision and
independence.

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