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What is the highschool dropout rate in your country?

A new friend of mine who is originally from England, told me that the dropouts are virtually non-existant there. Is that true? He said the ONLY person he knew who dropped out was a guy whos mother had died.

Now is that true? Cuz if so... talk about no child being left behind.

Czardas has a dropout rate of 7.5%, due to its excellent education system.

My RL country, on the other hand, has a dropout rate of 98.6%.

Czardas has a dropout rate of 7.5%, due to its excellent education system.

My RL country, on the other hand, has a dropout rate of 98.6%.

lol - what is your real life country?

lol - what is your real life country?
The planet Aurora. There everything is ruled by the exams. Everyone who does not do well on their exams has to drop out and cannot continue their education.

What is the highschool dropout rate in your country?

A new friend of mine who is originally from England, told me that the dropouts are virtually non-existant there. Is that true? He said the ONLY person he knew who dropped out was a guy whos mother had died.

Now is that true? Cuz if so... talk about no child being left behind.


When in doubt....check the stats.



Net Enrolement Ratio - Secondary Schools:

Definition: Net enrolment ratio is the ratio of the number of children of official school age (as defined by the national education system) who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers. Based on the International Standard Classification of Education, 1976 (ISCED76) and 1997 (ISCED97

1. Japan 101.2% (2000)
2. Palau 101.16% (1998)
3. Canada 97.87% (1999)
4. Sweden 96.12% (1999)
5. Norway 95.04% (2000)
6. Finland 94.63% (2000)
7. Spain 93.73% (2000)
8. United Kingdom 93.67% (2000)
9. France 92.36% (2000)
10. Bahrain 92.11% (2000)
11. New Zealand 91.58% (2000)
12. Poland 90.9% (2000)
13. Italy 90.51% (2000)
14. Netherlands 89.91% (2000)
15. Australia 89.67% (2000)
16. Denmark 89.47% (1999)
17. Lithuania 88.64% (2000)
18. Slovenia 88.58% (1997)
19. Austria 88.5% (2000)
20. Israel 88.43% (2000)
21. Cyprus 88.3% (2000)
22. United States 88.13% (2000)
23. Switzerland 87.95% (2000)
24. Germany 87.73% (1999)
25. Bulgaria 87.63% (2000)

(Source - UNESCO)

The planet Aurora. There everything is ruled by the exams. Everyone who does not do well on their exams has to drop out and cannot continue their education.

Your planet is a country? Nice.

How do countries get above 100% enrollment?

What is the highschool dropout rate in your country?

A new friend of mine who is originally from England, told me that the dropouts are virtually non-existant there. Is that true? He said the ONLY person he knew who dropped out was a guy whos mother had died.

Now is that true? Cuz if so... talk about no child being left behind.

Well yes, it is virtually unheard of. I don't actually know of anyone who has dropped-out. You can't really survive here without a secondary school education. Lots of children are left behind, but only after they've failed their GCSEs and can go off and get a job while the others continie with their educations.

How do countries get above 100% enrollment?

Matter of statistical comparison of numbers from different sources and surveys, and also the counting methods used.

For example, in the US many illegal immigrants wouldn't show up on cencus data (nor are full cencuses done every year in most countries), but rules on education means that they might very well show up on school enrollment totals which would be accurate year to year.

Also, statistics may or may not be gathered at exactly the same time (count school enrolement in September, but population was counted in January), nor may the age bracket available from census data match exactly to school criteria for when in a year a child has their birthday to determine when they are eligible to begin school.


So a ratio from multiple sources must be assumed to have a margin of error.

Your planet is a country? Nice.
I know, it is cool. What's especially cool is that I rule it, along with the rest of Khoen Vanaar.

I know, it is cool. What's especially cool is that I rule it, along with the rest of Khoen Vanaar.

Busy guy are you?

Busy guy are you?
:headbang: You're supposed to ask "What's Khoen Vanaar?" and then I tell you something that will utterly stagger you due to its enormity....


....On topic, I do have a lot to do, yeah.

:headbang: You're supposed to ask "What's Khoen Vanaar?" and then I tell you something that will utterly stagger you due to its enormity....


....On topic, I do have a lot to do, yeah.

Ha. You see. I folied your plans to impress us with your universal power.

Ha. You see. I folied your plans to impress us with your universal power.
Darn you! :(

I can't speak for other courses or universities / schools, but the drop-out rate on my undergraduate course was high. We started out with about 60 people, and only 39 graduated.

Harlesburg has a 1.9 drop out rate.
OMGWTF!!!1!!SHIFT+1!!!
GODMODE!

Actually not since 1989 has NZ had a highish dropout rate because doing nothing in school is preferable to getting a job.

Well yes, it is virtually unheard of. I don't actually know of anyone who has dropped-out. You can't really survive here without a secondary school education. Lots of children are left behind, but only after they've failed their GCSEs and can go off and get a job while the others continie with their educations.
cant you finish school at 16 with some kind of diploma?

In other countries, the education system along with the society is different, silly. The "high school" system is really weird, I just can't get the point. In the everyone-goes-there kindergarten until 18? WTF?

In Finland, at the age of 7-15, you're in the basic school (everyone goes, and everyone HAS to go). After that, you're basically free of compulsory education. Choices are "academic school" and "vocational school". Vocational education is given at ages 16-20. Academic second-level education is given at age 16-19.

Academic school has requirements, everyone can't get in. If you begin, dropping out is rare; you just take four years instead of three, if it's necessary, because without the diploma, you've basically wasted the years, and can't get to college.

The same goes for vocational schools, but requirements are lower. You'll learn a trade, and drop-out rate is about 10%. The vocational school drop-outs I know were from the countryside and went back there to become farmers.

Not going to either is rare, and I know only one who didn't. He was a storeowner (yes, owner) since age 15 and couldn't find the time.

I don't know what it is exactly over here (Romania), but it one of the highest in Europe.

In Super-power our dropout rate hovers are 3%-4% - keep in mind that the public school system here is voluntary and private schools are a very valid option for education.

Agh, I can't find any stinking stats on the US dropout rate (and all the stats that are there are in PDF files - I'm not wasting my time to open one of those)

Czardas has a dropout rate of 7.5%, due to its excellent education system.

My RL country, on the other hand, has a dropout rate of 98.6%.

Interesting. My RL country has a dropout rate of 5.6%, but they don't last very long because they get sent to a borstal turnaround school and are made to do military service. :)

Why does your country have such a high dropout rate and what happens to them when they drop out.

Czardas has a dropout rate of 7.5%.
Did you know that Czardas [actually spelled Zardos] is a Sean Connory movie in which he runs around in a red speedo for most of the time?

In my school the dropout rate is below 2%, so out of 1500 about 20 drop out.

Not bad.

No idea what it is in Sweden (although you provided a statistic on the first page). I would guess it's almost non-existent. I don't know of anyone who dropped out when I was at school (ok, so it's around 15 years ago... but hey)...