Poverty Influences on
Honduras School
Desertion
Nearly 62 out of each
100 Honduran children
finished primary
education in 2007, when
school desertion
averages reached
alarming numbers because
of poverty, as reported
by official data
Tuesday.
Data from the Honduran
Education Secretary
Office said nearly
20,000 children left the
different levels of
education in all the
departments of Honduras.
This is because of the
high indexes of poverty
in Honduras, which force
students to leave the
schools and look for a
job.
Reports reveal 300,000
Honduran children lack
access to primary
education, 65 percent of
primary students are
repeating one grade at
least and only 35
percent has passed the
sixth grade at the age
of 12.
The Honduran Education
Secretary Office
estimates that only 1.4
million children go to
the different basic
education and schools in
the 18 Honduran
departments. |
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