The Program and Examination Regulations PER, in Dutch Onderwijs en Examenregeling (OER) for a program contains clear and sufficient information about the program, making it the basic document for both students and teachers.
Subjects covered by the PER (OER) include:
- the content of the program and the associated final examinations, the number and sequence of other examinations and the times when these can be taken
- the type of examination (oral, written or other types of examination)
- the period of validity of successfully completed examination components
- the right of inspection and evaluation.
The Higher Education and Research Act (Wet op het hoger onderwijs en wetenschappelijk onderzoek) draws a distinction between the PER (OER) and the Regulations of the Examination Committee (RE), in Dutch Reglement van de Examencommissie (RE)
Subjects regulated by the RE include:
- compilation Examination Committee
- procedures Examination Committee
- tasks Examination Committee
- rules relating to quality assurance of testing and exams
- rules relating to measures taken in the event of fraud by examinees
- rules and guidelines relating to testing and exams
- compensation regulations
- graduation regulations.