MBO Education route ROC

After the first grade you start with the continuation of your integration.

There are three routes:

1 The B1 Route

The B1 route is aimed at learning Dutch as a second language (Nt2) at language level B1. You will learn about Dutch society, such as history, the education system and healthcare. At the end you will be given an exam with the following components:

• • • • • Read
        • Listen
        • To write
        • Speaking at level B1

Did you pass this exam and did you participate in other compulsory components of the integration? Then you will receive your integration diploma.

2 The Z Route

This is an intensive process. It consists of activities that match what you can do. You learn the Dutch language at A1 level or higher. You will also learn how to arrange things yourself in the Netherlands. We support you in finding (volunteer) work or participating in activities that suit your skills. If you follow the Z-route, you will not get an integration exam. There are compulsory components, however, and you follow 800 hours of lessons and you do an 800-hour internship at an organization in Tilburg. If you have done so, you have complied with the integration obligation.

3 The Education Route

You start with this route if it appears after a test that further education is your goal.

What is the MBO education route?

This is the preparation for an MBO training. You follow this at the ROC. This consists of:

• Dutch lesson (NT2)
• English lesson
• To calculate
• Study skills
• Career guidance
• Introduction to Dutch Society (KNM)
• An internship. The internship can be done through the network of the ROC. You can also come up with a proposal yourself. 

We prepare you for a good start at the MBO. 

The training lasts two years.

The first year looks like this:

• Dutch | 19 weeks 5 times 3 hours a week + 19 weeks 4 times 3 hours a week
• English | 19 weeks | 2 times 2 hours a week | starts in the second half of the year 
• math | 19 weeks | 2 times 2 hours a week | starts in the second half of the year 
• Knowledge Dutch Society | 19 weeks 1,5 hours a week | starts in the second half of the year
• Career orientation | 19 weeks | 1,5 hours a week 
• Study skills | 19 weeks | 1,5 hours a week 
• Internship | 19 weeks 4 to 8 hours a week | starts in the second half of the year. 

You will do an internship at an organization that matches your interests and your future.

• Coaching and guidance (weekly fifteen minutes per student) 

The second year looks like this:

• Dutch | 38 weeks | 4 times 3 hours a week
• English | 38 weeks | 2 times 2 hours a week
• Mathematics |38 weeks | 2 times 2 hours a week
• Internship | 38 weeks | 4 to 8 hours a week
• Study skills | 19 weeks | 1,5 hours a week
• Career orientation | 19 weeks | 1,5 hours a week
• Coaching and guidance | weekly 0.25 hours

You have a full learning/working week in both years. 

For status holders who have finished the start-up class and the bridge class. The test must show that this route best suits your possibilities. You can be a maximum of 28 years old. Do you want to do a BBL (MBO training in combination with work) after your integration? Then you can also participate in this training. You can also follow the B1 training for this.

To participate in this training you will need: 

• You must score sufficiently on language learnability. That is, how well you are able to learn a new language.
• You must have sufficient command of English (MBO 4 level)
• And very important: you must be motivated, have the time and space to study.

Are you 30 years or older? Then see what is possible via the lifelong learning credit. 

You go to school 5 days a week. You will also be given homework assignments. So you are really working for a full week. You have your own tutor. Together with him/her you look for an internship that matches your interests as much as possible and in which you see a future.