Students mentor pupils and gain hands-on experience in Leiden tutoring programme

The tutoring programme focuses on schools in neighbourhoods with a low socioeconomic status. ‘We know that these children are more likely to lag behind and generally have fewer chances,’ says project manager Amber Bruijnzeel.

For four months, 29 students – doing programmes varying from Linguistics to Astronomy – travelled weekly to schools in The Hague and Rotterdam, where they supervised groups of two to five pupils of around 10 or 11 years of age. The tutoring focused on the lessons the children were struggling with. This meant that some students helped with arithmetic, while others helped with reading comprehension. A great example of connections with society and the action line Explicit role for societal issues in our teaching.

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