This report is intended to give a clear picture of the Netherlands' educational system and of present and future planning activities. The first six chapters cover the function of education in Dutch society, the role institutions in Dutch society play in the educational system, the present educational system, the numbers of pupils and students flowing through the educational system, the efficiency of the system, and the manpower demand. These chapters situate the major educational targets, which are defined in Chapter 8. Chapter 9 gives a picture of the organization of educational planning, including the formal procedures and the way planning has worked out in practice thus far in nonuniversity education. Chapter 10 gives the same description for university education. Chapter 11 describes recent developments in the organization of educational planning. Chapter 12 provides some concluding remarks. Four appendixes, an examination of the report offered here, and a summary of the discussion of the report are also included. (Author/IRT)