Luxembourg has one of the highest rates of school resits across Europe and basic skills in subjects such as mathematics, science and reading among 15-year-olds are below the European average, it has been revealed.
The results of the European Commission's latest education and training report and the 2017 OECD economic survey, presented on Friday, found four main areas where education in Luxembourg is thriving and areas where the sector needs to improve.
At 54.6%, the percentage of people in Luxembourg gaining a further education qualification is higher than the EU average of 39.1%. A total of 89% of those with such qualifications have a job and 16.8% continue to improve on their skills through lifelong learning courses – topping the EU average of 10.8%. A majority of 96.6% of young children access early years education.
But school drop-outs have been steadily increasing since 2009, the European Commission's policy officer at the directorate general for education and culture, Livia Ruszthy, explained, and has now reached 13.5% – above the European average of 10.7%.
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