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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 />

Botswana 6-12 13-15 13 ** , -1 13 ** , -1 12 ** , -1 38 ** , -1 47 ** , -1 1 -1 1 -1 1 -1 4 ** , -1 4 ** , -1 3 ** , -1 5 ** , -1 38 ** , -1<br />

Burkina Faso 6-11 12-15 37 +1 35 +1 39 +1 1,022 +1 52 +1 — +1 — +1 — +1 55 +1 51 +1 58 +1 873 +1 52 +1<br />

Burundi 7-12 13-16 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Cameroon 6-11 12-15 6 ** ... ... 179 ** ... — ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Cape Verde 6-11 12-14 7 5 8 4 58 — — — 8 8 9 3 53<br />

Central African Republic 6-11 12-15 31 +1 22 +1 40 +1 214 +1 66 +1 — +1 — +1 — +1 54 ** , +1 43 ** , +1 65 ** , +1 224 ** , +1 61 ** , +1<br />

Chad 6-11 12-15 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Comoros 6-11 12-15 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Congo 6-11 12-15 9 * 8 * 11 * 56 * 58 * — — — ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Côte d’Ivoire 6-11 12-15 39 -1 33 -1 44 -1 1,161 -1 57 -1 — -1 — -1 — -1 ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Democratic Republic of the Congo 6-11 12-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Equatorial Guinea 7-12 13-16 44 43 44 43 50 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Eritrea 7-11 12-14 65 63 67 418 51 — — — 59 54 63 201 54<br />

Ethiopia 7-12 13-16 18 15 20 2,390 57 — — — 39 ** 35 ** 43 ** 3,134 ** 55 **<br />

Gabon 6-10 11-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Gambia 7-12 13-15 31 ** 32 ** 30 ** 85 ** 48 ** 1 1 1 26 ** 27 ** 26 ** 32 ** 49 **<br />

Ghana 6-11 12-14 16 +1 16 +1 15 +1 567 +1 48 +1 ... ... ... 26 ** , +1 25 ** , +1 27 ** , +1 422 ** , +1 51 ** , +1<br />

Guinea 7-12 13-16 23 17 30 355 63 — — — 51 ** , -1 42 ** , -1 60 ** , -1 445 ** , -1 58 ** , -1<br />

Guinea-Bissau 7-12 13-15 25 23 27 57 53 — — — ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Kenya 6-11 12-13 16 ** , -1 16 ** , -1 15 ** , -1 1,010 ** , -1 48 ** , -1 13 -1 14 -1 12 -1 2 ** , -1 ... ... 30 ** , -1 ...<br />

Lesotho 6-12 13-15 26 28 25 99 47 ... ... ... 25 29 21 40 42<br />

Liberia 6-11 12-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Madagascar 6-10 11-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Malawi 6-11 12-15 3 -1 ... ... 62 -1 ... ... ... ... 22 -1 22 -1 22 -1 319 -1 50 -1<br />

Mali 7-12 13-15 33 +1 28 +1 37 +1 850 +1 56 +1 — +1 — +1 — +1 51 +1 43 +1 58 +1 557 +1 56 +1<br />

Mauritius 5-10 11-13 7 8 6 8 41 2 2 2 ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Mozambique 6-12 13-15 10 +1 8 +1 12 +1 482 +1 61 +1 ... ... ... 36 +1 31 +1 42 +1 606 +1 58 +1<br />

Namibia 7-13 14-16 14 -1 16 -1 11 -1 52 -1 40 -1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Niger 7-12 13-16 38 +1 32 +1 43 +1 1,012 +1 56 +1 — +1 — +1 — +1 78 ** , -2 74 ** , -2 83 ** , -2 1,011 ** , -2 52 ** , -2<br />

Nigeria 6-11 12-14 42 ** 40 ** 45 ** 10,542 ** 52 ** ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Rwanda 7-12 13-15 1 ... ... 20 ... — — — ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Sao Tome and Principe 6-11 12-14 1 ... ... 0.4 ... — — — 4 ** , +1 6 ** , +1 3 ** , +1 1 ** , +1 31 ** , +1<br />

Senegal 7-12 13-16 22 24 20 429 45 — — — ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Seychelles 6-11 12-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 -1 ... ... 0.1 -1 ...<br />

Sierra Leone 6-11 12-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Somalia 6-11 12-13 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

South Africa 7-13 14-15 10 ** , -1 10 ** , -1 9 ** , -1 679 ** , -1 47 ** , -1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Swaziland 6-12 13-15 14 14 15 30 51 — — — 33 31 34 30 52<br />

Togo 6-11 12-15 6 -2 ... ... 51 -2 ... — -2 — -2 — -2 ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Uganda 6-12 13-16 9 10 8 623 43 — — — 20 ** 19 ** 21 ** 650 ** 53 **<br />

United Republic of Tanzania 7-13 14-17 2 -2 2 -2 2 -2 137 -2 56 -2 — -2 — -2 — -2 ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Zambia 7-13 14-15 7 ** 9 ** 6 ** 184 ** 41 ** ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Zimbabwe 6-12 13-14 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...<br />

REGIONAL AVERAGES<br />

WORLD 9 ** 8 ** 10 ** 60,735 ** 53 ** ... ... ... 18 ** 18 ** 18 ** 70,615 ** 48 **<br />

Arab States 12 ** 9 ** 15 ** 5,036 ** 61 ** ... ... ... 17 ** 15 ** 18 ** 3,732 ** 54 **<br />

Central and Eastern Europe 5 ** 5 ** 5 ** 931 ** 49 ** ... ... ... 7 ** 7 ** 7 ** 1,281 ** 49 **<br />

Central Asia 6 5 7 317 54 ... ... ... 4 ** 4 ** 5 ** 315 ** 58 **<br />

East Asia and the Pacific 4 ** 4 ** 4 ** 6,584 ** 44 ** ... ... ... 10 ** 13 ** 6 ** 10,331 ** 31 **<br />

Latin America and the Caribbean 5 ** 4 ** 5 ** 2,698 ** 50 ** ... ... ... 5 5 5 1,780 50<br />

North America and Western Europe 3 3 2 1,267 45 ... ... ... 2 1 ** 2 ** 554 62 **<br />

South and West Asia 7 ** 6 ** 9 ** 13,261 ** 55 ** ... ... ... 30 ** 29 ** 30 ** 30,946 ** 49 **<br />

Sub-Saharan Africa 23 ** 22 ** 25 ** 30,641 ** 53 ** ... ... ... 36 ** 33 ** 40 ** 21,676 ** 55 **<br />

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