Pre-vocational secondary education has existed for 25 years, but the anniversary is not necessarily a reason for great joy; the school type suffers from an image problem. For many people, education is considered inferior, parents and children prefer to aim for so-called 'higher' education, while society is eager for practically trained professionals and they may be the 'millionaires of the future'. Including Tineke Netelenbos, who worked as a teacher in vocational education in the late 1960s and later as State Secretary responsible for the introduction of pre-vocational secondary education, former teacher Albert Evenhuis, teacher Hendrik Atze van Doezum and former pre-vocational secondary education student Pascal Koning.
