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Name of the qualification in original language

Diploma secundair onderwijs (volwassenenonderwijs)

Translation in English

Diploma of secondary education (adult education)

Transliteration in Latin alphabet

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Awarding body

Center for adult education (Centrum voor volwassenenonderwijs)

General requirements for access to higher education

The diploma of secondary education provides general access to higher education and admission to all higher education programmes. However, For a number of programmes, there are additional requirements:



  • Fine arts and performing arts: Students who want to follow an artistic higher education programme must first pass a skill test, the artistic entrance exam, if they wish to enter a programme in the fields of study ‘Audiovisual and Visual Arts’, ‘Music’ and ‘Performing Arts’.

  • Medicine: For the university programme in medicine, you have to pass and obtain a favorable ranking in the entrance exam (numerus clausus).

  • Dentistry: For the university programme in dentistry, you have to pass and obtain a favorable ranking in the entrance exam.

  • For certain Bachelor's programmes: participation in a non-binding admission test is a condition for enrolment.

EQF level

4

NQF level

4

Grading system

Flemish adult education doesn’t have a standardized grading system. Each center for adult education can have its own evaluation methods and regulations.

Period of issue

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Expiry date

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Verification information


  • Diplomas of secondary education issued by centers for adult education since 2013 can be verified in the “LED-database”.

  • Do mind that the database only guarantees complete records for diplomas issued by centers for adult education issued since 2015.

  • Alternatively, diplomas can be verified by contacting the issuing center for adult education.

Useful links

 

General requirements for access to higher education

list of all centers for adult education and training programmes 

Decree regarding adult education

List of qualifications in adult education that can lead to the award of a diploma of secondary education (diplomagerichte opleidingen)

Flemish Qualifications Framework

 

Comments/Additional Information

  • Secondary adult education is organized in a modular way. A certificate or “certificaat” is obtained after all part-certificates or “deelcertificaten” that make up a qualification are obtained.
  • A diploma of secondary education is awarded when a certificate is obtained for a qualification that is considered to be suitable to lead to a diploma and when the student can also prove sufficient general training (mathematics, languages, …) either through previous qualifications or by completing additional general training or "aanvullende algemene vorming (AAV)".
  • It is possible to obtain the “diploma van secundair onderwijs” in adult education since the school year 2000-2001. Initially, this was only possible for a very limited number of qualifications, but the amount of qualifications that are considered to be suitable to lead to a diploma has expanded over the years.
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Update date of the records: 15/02/2019