Figure 14: Percentage of 17-18 year olds who enter primary school but fail to complete last grade Source: Authors’ calculations based on country household surveys 80%
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Completion of lower secondary school is also very problematic and on average 45% of 17-18 year olds who manage to reach this level do not complete last grade, with this figure amounting to more than two-thirds in CAR and Guinea. Finally, out of the small number of students who manage to enter primary school, complete it and attend lower secondary school, almost 45% do not complete their lower secondary school. In CAR, Guinea, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin and Niger, more than 60% of children who start lower secondary school fail to complete this educational level (see Annexe A, Table A10).
Figure 15: Percentage of 17-18 year olds who start lower secondary school but fail to complete last grade Source: Authors’ calculations based on country household surveys 80% 71%
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