Annexe C
Late entry: The percentage of children of primary school age who are out-of-school in year n, but who will enter school later (year n+1, n+2, n+3). Inflection age corresponds with a ‘threshold’ age above which, only a limited number of children will enter primary school. We can therefore consider that at this age, children who have not yet entered school never will. This invariable proportion of children who will never go to school, calculated from the inflection age, can therefore be preassigned in the age group of younger children. For each age group, the proportion of children who will start school late can therefore be estimated as (i) this invariable proportion of children who will never go to school, minus (ii) the proportion, known and variable, of children who have never been to school. An average for all official primary school age groups can then be calculated to find the overall proportion of late entrants in a particular country. Over-age students: Students over the official age for a particular grade. This refers to (1) the proportion of children in primary school who are at least three years older than the official age of the class they are in, (2) the proportion of students in the final year of primary school who are at least three years older than the official age for this year and (3) the proportion of children in primary school who are older than 15 years and who should therefore attend post-primary education. Official school age: Official age for compulsory education (UNESCO, year of survey). Number of years per educational cycle: primary, lower secondary, upper secondary (UNESCO, year of survey)
2. Dimensions of exclusion (Calculation methodology developed by the OOSC Initiative)
Graph of the absolute number and percentage of out-of-school children according to the conceptual framework of the OOSC Initiative (see section II.1 and Annexe B). The proportion of out-of-school children is compared to the average, minimum and maximum figures in the region. Due to a lack of reliable data, the dimension of exclusion 1 (DE1) (pre-school age children who are not attending school) has not been analysed. - DE2: children not in primary school, i.e. children old enough to go to primary school but who are not attending either primary or secondary school; - DE3: children not in lower secondary school, i.e. children old enough to go to lower secondary school but who are not attending either primary or secondary school; - DE4: children at risk of dropping out of primary school, i.e. children attending primary school, regardless of age, but who are at a high risk of exclusion; - DE5: children at risk of dropping out of lower secondary school, i.e. children attending lower secondary school, regardless of age, who are at a high risk of exclusion.
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