Information for the press

The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science’s spokespersons can only be contacted by the media. If you are not a journalist, please use the contact form or call 1400 (Monday to Friday, 08.00 to 20.00).

Press officers

If you are unable to contact the spokesperson you require, please contact the Communications Department’s secretariat on +31 70 412 30 45.

There is a spokesperson on call outside of office hours, from Friday evening to Sunday. Please contact the ministry’s central reception desk on +31 70 412 24 90.

For enquiries about inviting the Minister of Education, Culture and Science or Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Equal Opportunities to take part in an event or visit, please contact uitnodigingen@minocw.nl

Head of Press Relations, Speechwriting and Protocol

Michiel Schulmaijer
+31 70 412 22 71
m.c.schulmaijer@minocw.nl

Spokespersons for Minister Eppo Bruins

Joris Schouten, coördinating spokesperson (not available on Wednesdays) 

+31 (0)6 46 25 10 05
j.w.schouten@minocw.nl

Nicolette Rodenburg, spokesperson (not available on Fridays)

+31 (0)6 53 20 08 52
n.rodenburg@minocw.nl

Mirjam Keunen, spokesperson (not available on Fridays)

+31 (0)6 55 42 35 48
m.m.keunen@minocw.nl

Thierry van Es, spokesperson (not available on Wednesdays and Fridays

+31 (0)6 15 85 80 85
thierry.vanes@minocw.nl

Dahran Çoban, press officer

+31 (0)6 29 63 78 52
d.coban@minocw.nl

Spokespersons for Minister for Primary and Secondary Education and Equal Opportunities Mariëlle Paul

Annemieke Kooper, spokesperson (not available on Wednesdays) 

+31 (0)6 52 36 74 65
a.kooper@minocw.nl

Lisa Gaster, spokesperson (not available on Mondays)

+31 (0)6 52 36 75 34
j.c.neleman@minocw.nl

Jacco Neleman, spokesperson (not available on Thursday afternoons)

+31 (0)6 52 36 75 34
j.c.neleman@minocw.nl

Martijn Kamans, press officer (not available on Fridays on even weeks)
+31 (0)6 51 29 05 85
m.kamans@minocw.nl

Press officers

Yannick van Riet, coördinating spokesperson (not available on Fridays on even weeks)

+31 (0)6 11 03 87 57
y.vanriet@minocw.nl

Education Inspectorate

The media division of the Education Inspectorate can be reached on +31 88 669 60 00.

Education Executive Agency

The media division of the Education Executive Agency (DUO) can be reached on +31 50 599 96 22.