Distance learning

In Belgium, like other forms of education distance learning is the competence of the French and Flemish Communities. You can contact the following bodies, depending on your study language.

• If you or someone you are close to isn’t or wasn’t able to complete their regular schooling, the Enseignement à distance in the French Community (FR)External link of Belgium runs courses in the most varied fields for both adults and children. It also helps you prepare for exams (through the French Community examining board), reintegrate into society or simply improve your knowledge and skills.
• An active social and school life for long-term ill children
  Children who have taken ill or suffered an accident are often unable to attend classes for an extended period of time. The non-profit organisation Take Off (FR)External link enables those children to resume their lessons from home or from the hospital as well as stay in touch with their teachers and classmates.

• Open UniversiteitExternal link is an institution in the Netherlands offering distance university education in Dutch in some subjects. Students can study at the OU at their own pace, when and where they want. Open Universiteit has a study centre in Brussels at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)External link.
• For more information on education stages, courses, further training and socio-cultural training work, visit the section on training courses for adults of the portail on education of the Flemish Authorities (NL)External link.
• Attending school from the sickbed
  BednetExternal link enables children who are suffering from long-term and chronic diseases to follow lessons and interact with their class through videoconferencing (from home or the hospital).