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The consequences of dropping out of school can have long-term economic and social repercussions. Students who drop out of school in the United States are more likely to be unemployed, homeless, receiving welfare and incarcerated. [5] A four-year study in San Francisco found that 94 percent of young murder victims were high school dropouts. [6]
However, in Malawi there are differences between the dropout rates of boys and girls from secondary school (71% female and 66% male). [1] In Zimbabwe and Zambia, the dropout rates for female and male students are the same. Studies showed that early marriage is the principal reason for girls’ disengagement, along with financial limitations.
Expulsion, also known as dismissal, withdrawal, or permanent exclusion (British English), is the permanent removal or banning of a student from a school, school district, college, university, or TAFE due to persistent violation of that institution's rules, or in extreme cases, for a single offense of marked severity.
Where it exists, a school truancy officer is often concurrently a constable or sheriff. Children are required by law to remain in school until the age of 16, although some states [citation needed] require schooling through age 18 unless an absence is formally excused by a school official or if the child has been expelled.
NEET figures tend to peak in the third quarter, when school and university courses are ending. [13] There is some stigma attached to the term NEET. [14] Simon Cox of BBC News said the word is "the latest buzzword for teenage drop-outs". [15]
In Texas, chronic absenteeism averaged at 12.5% before the pandemic, making students more likely to drop out of school, impairing their ability to learn and decreasing the likelihood that they ...
More children drop out of high school in US states with higher economic inequality. The United States Department of Education's measurement of the status dropout rate is the percentage of 16 to 24-year-olds who are not enrolled in school and have not earned a high school credential. [1]
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