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S E C T I O N 6 : C O N C L U S I O N A N D R E C O M M E N D AT I O N S
BIHAĆ
Some young people are not enrolled in secondary education due to social and economic reasons. The problem related to the Roma section of the population, whose members traditionally do no enrol in secondary education, especially girls, is also present here. Even though secondary education is not compulsory the Ministry gathers information concerning this category of youth for the purpose of preventing or at least reducing to a minimum the number of young people who do not enrol in secondary schools. The most common reason for non-enrolment in secondary education is the difficult financial situation within the family. Although there were no programmes that targeted non-enrolment at the time, the Ministry was willing to extend support to any good quality programme that might be developed in the future. Motivational programmes implemented thus far have proven very efficient and yielded positive results. The reasons for non-enrolment in secondary school included the following:
social and financial reasons within the family;
financial situation;
Roma youth. In addition to non-enrolment in secondary education there was also the problem of leaving secondary school. The reasons for this included the financial situation within the family, delinquent behaviour in the early years, loss of interest in education and similar. Roma youths constituted the majority of dropouts. Other dropouts left school because of the difficult financial situation or for purely individual reasons. Records on the number of secondary school dropouts were not kept. The reasons for non-enrolment included the following: delinquent behaviour in the early years; loss of interest in education; individual reasons;
Roma youth represented the largest category.
SARAJEVO
The reasons behind non-enrolment in secondary education are similar to the reasons for nonenrolment or non-attendance during primary education. Non-enrolment in secondary education is also characterised by a complete loss of interest in education or the inability to master the material, due to bad academic achievement in primary school and such like. According to the records in Sarajevo Canton around 7 % of primary school graduates are not enrolled in secondary schools or any other form of further education. In response, Sarajevo Canton has introduced a special programme in secondary schools which foresees that the first two years of secondary school will become compulsory as of the school year 2010-2011 for first and second degree skills. The latter will be viewed as a high school qualification. Cooperation with all institutions exists in terms of the prevention of early leaving school and non-enrolment in secondary education. This is an obligation of the Ministry and one of its priorities. To this end the Ministry cooperates with the centres for social work, pedagogic institutes, employment bureaus, schools and similar interested parties.