CHILDREN IN (1) _____ NETHERLANDS MUST BE AT LEAST FOUR YEARS OLD TO (...

4-year-olds (99.3%) in the country indeed attend primary school, (3) _____ this is not compulsory until childrenreach the age (4) _____ 5. Primary school is free of charge. In most schools, children are grouped by (5) _____ inmixed ability classes, with one teacher for all subjects. Primary school (6) _____ of 8 groups, thus schooling (7)_____ for 8 years. During the first two years, which (8) _____ kindergarten, children receive an average of 22hours of (9) _____, during the last 6 years children receive an average of 25 hours per week. Schools are open 5days a week, but children are free on Wednesday afternoon. At the end of primary school, or in group 8, schoolsadvice on secondary school choice. Most schools use a national test to support this advice, for instance the'Citotoets’, a test (10) ____ by the Central Institute for Test development.