Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association
Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association
Global Education Digest 2012 - International Reading Association
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OPPORTUNITIES LOST: THE IMPACT OF GRADE REPETITION AND EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING<br />
REGION<br />
Country or territory<br />
Age group<br />
ISCED<br />
1<br />
ISCED<br />
2<br />
Out-of-school rate (%)<br />
Out-of-school children of primary school age<br />
Number out of<br />
school<br />
Share of children of primary<br />
school age enrolled in preprimary<br />
education (%)<br />
Out-of-school children of lower<br />
secondary school age<br />
Out-of-school rate (%)<br />
Number out of<br />
school<br />
MF M F MF (000) % F MF M F MF M F MF (000) % F<br />
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)<br />
China, Hong Kong SAR 6-11 12-14 2 * ... ... 5 * ... ... ... ... 6 * 7 * 5 * 14 * 39 *<br />
China, Macao SAR 6-11 12-14 17 19 16 5 43 1 1 1 11 9 12 2 57<br />
Cook Islands 5-10 11-14 2 * 2 * 1 * — * … 1 * 1 * 1 * 5 * , +1 ... ... 0.1 * , +1 ...<br />
Democratic People’s Rep. of Korea 7-10 11-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Fiji 6-11 12-15 1 -1 1 -1 1 -1 1 -1 36 -1 ... ... ... 3 ** , -1 ... ... 2 ** , -1 ...<br />
Indonesia 7-12 13-15 1 ... ... 236 ... — — — 14 14 14 1,815 48<br />
Japan 6-11 12-14 — ... ... 2 ... — — — — ... ... 0.1 ...<br />
Kiribati 6-11 12-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 6-10 11-14 3 2 5 23 70 — — — 28 25 32 174 56<br />
Malaysia 6-11 12-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 -1 11 -1 8 -1 159 -1 43 -1<br />
Marshall Islands 6-11 12-13 1 +1 ... ... 0.1 +1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Micronesia (Federated States of) 6-11 12-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Myanmar 5-9 10-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Nauru 6-11 12-15 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
New Zealand 5-10 11-14 1 1 — 2 33 — — — — ... ... 1 ...<br />
Niue 5-10 11-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Palau 6-10 11-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Papua New Guinea 7-12 13-16 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Philippines 6-11 12-14 11 -1 12 -1 10 -1 1,460 -1 45 -1 2 -1 2 -1 2 -1 5 -1 7 -1 4 -1 332 -1 39 -1<br />
Republic of Korea 6-11 12-14 1 ** 1 ** 2 ** 35 ** 70 ** 1 1 1 — ** ... ... 9 ** ...<br />
Samoa 5-10 11-12 5 … ... 1 … 3 … … — ... ... ...<br />
Singapore 6-11 12-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Solomon Islands 6-11 12-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Thailand 6-11 12-14 10 -1 10 -1 11 -1 611 -1 50 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 9 -1 10 -1 8 -1 286 -1 45 -1<br />
Timor-Leste 6-11 12-14 14 14 14 28 50 ... ... ... 35 35 36 34 49<br />
Tokelau 5-10 11-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Tonga 5-10 11-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Tuvalu 6-11 12-15 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Vanuatu 6-11 12-15 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Viet Nam 6-10 11-14 2 ... ... 121 ... 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN<br />
Anguilla 5-11 12-14 7 ** , -2 7 ** , -2 7 ** , -2 0.1 ** , -2 48 ** , -2 — ** , -2 — ** , -2 — ** , -2 20 ** , -2 15 ** , -2 24 ** , -2 0.2 ** , -2 63 ** , -2<br />
Antigua and Barbuda 5-11 12-14 12 9 16 1 63 ... ... ... 2 ... ... 0.1 ...<br />
Argentina 6-11 12-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 -1 ... ... 35 -1 ...<br />
Aruba 6-11 12-13 — — — — … — — — 12 -1 13 -1 11 -1 0.4 -1 47 -1<br />
Bahamas 5-10 11-13 2 ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... 6 8 4 1 32<br />
Barbados 5-10 11-13 5 * , -2 ... ... 1 * , -2 ... 2 * , -2 ... ... 11 * 15 * 6 * 1 * 28 *<br />
Belize 5-10 11-14 3 ... ... 1 ... — ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Bermuda 5-10 11-13 5 ** ... ... 0.2 ** ... ... ... ... 10 ** 14 ** 5 ** 0.2 ** 25 **<br />
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6-11 12-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Brazil 7-10 11-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
British Virgin Islands 5-11 12-14 10 * 9 * 12 * 0.3 * 57 * ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Cayman Islands 5-10 11-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 -2 14 -2 15 -2 0.3 -2 51 -2<br />
Chile 6-11 12-13 6 -1 6 -1 6 -1 94 -1 51 -1 1 -1 1 -1 1 -1 6 -1 5 -1 6 -1 30 -1 52 -1<br />
Colombia 6-10 11-14 8 8 9 374 50 2 2 2 6 7 6 221 45<br />
Costa Rica 6-11 12-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Cuba 6-11 12-14 2 +1 2 +1 2 +1 13 +1 50 +1 — +1 — +1 — +1 3 +1 3 +1 4 +1 14 +1 59 +1<br />
Dominica 5-11 12-14 2 -1 ... ... 0.1 -1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Dominican Republic 6-11 12-13 7 4 10 85 67 1 1 1 9 8 11 37 57<br />
Ecuador 6-11 12-14 2 -1 ... ... 27 -1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
El Salvador 7-12 13-15 5 5 5 38 48 4 4 4 9 9 10 41 51<br />
Grenada 5-11 12-14 3 -1 4 -1 1 -1 0.3 -1 14 -1 1 -1 1 -1 1 -1 8 -2 ... ... 0.5 -2 ...<br />
Guatemala 7-12 13-15 1 — 2 32 86 — — — 23 18 27 233 60<br />
Guyana 6-11 12-14 16 18 14 19 42 1 1 1 10 ** , -1 12 ** , -1 8 ** , -1 5 ** , -1 37 ** , -1<br />
Haiti 6-11 12-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Honduras 6-11 12-14 4 ** 5 ** 3 ** 47 ** 34 ** 3 3 3 ... ... ... ... ...<br />
Jamaica 6-11 12-14 18 17 19 59 53 — — — 13 12 13 23 51<br />
Mexico 6-11 12-14 — 1 — 58 13 — — — 4 4 4 272 48<br />
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