By 1 July each year, you must send in your annual report to clarify how your school has spent the funding. In the annual report, your school board reports on general matters and its policies  in the year to which the report relates.

What should you supply?

The annual report consists of:

1. the submission form.
2. the annual report (the report by the board, annual financial accounts and other data). Please visit Regulations on annual reporting by BES educational establishments Link opent externe pagina  (in Dutch) for more explanation.
3. the audit statement by your accountant. Please visit Educational audit protocol Link opent externe pagina  (in Dutch) for more details.
4. the report of findings or exception reports. This is only necessary if 1 of these documents has been issued by your accountant.

You must send the documents by email and by post to DUO.

Submission letters and forms

Penalty

If DUO has not received the annual report or the required funding details by 1 July, this will affect your funding. It may result in a financial penalty. To find out more, please visit ‘Beleidsregel financiële sancties bij bekostigde onderwijsinstellingen 2022’ under ‘More information’.

National Education Programme (NPO)

Primary and secondary schools in the Caribbean Netherlands receive special and additional funding as part of the National Education Programme. School boards must use the ‘Formulier Opgave NPO 2023’ to provide details on the activities that this funding has been used for. You will find an explanation in Dutch and in English.

• Formulier Opgave NPO 2023pdf, 162kb
• Toelichting formulier Opgave NPO 2023pdf, 79kb
• Explanation of the form Opgave NPO 2023pdf, 81kb

Managing (teacher) workload

In the Caribbean Netherlands, secondary schools receive additional funding for dealing with workload. Use the form 'Opgave Werkdrukmiddelen vo' (Statement workload funding vo) to specify how the school board has spent the funding. You will find an explanation in Dutch and in English.

Email the filled in form to caribisch.nederland@duo.nl by 1 July.

• Formulier Opgave werkdrukmiddelen vopdf, 163kb
• Toelichting formulier Opgave werkdrukmiddelen vopdf, 89kb
• Explanation of the form Opgave werkdrukmiddelen vopdf, 69kb

Email us at caribisch.nederland@duo.nl if you have any questions.