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Education data brought from the Observatory The Reality of Girls from Plan International in Latin America and The Caribbean
The following information compiles education data on educational access, school dropout, and school attendance, taking as reference variables of locality (rural or urban area), and gender differentiation for a more in-depth analysis of social inequalities in education in countries of the Americas region. It also links to observatory data on gender-based violence, early pregnancy and forced marriages and unions.
Colombia school dropout rate:
In 2019, 3.2% of Colombian students left their country’s education system before the end of their school year. Disaggregated by sex, the rate was 2.9% for girls and 3.5% for boys. The highest dropout rate was in the 11–14 age group corresponding to basic secondary education.
In 2020, 57% of Colombia’s departments exceeded the national age-specific fertility rate, with 0.2% of every 1,000 girls aged 10–14 years giving live birth.
Ecuador school dropout rate:
In 2021, Ecuador’s school dropout rate was 1.9% (84,509 children and adolescents), of which boys represented the largest dropout population with a 2.19% rate, compared to a 1.71% rate for girls. The highest dropout levels took place at the secondary education level among groups aged 12-17 years, the latter corresponding to baccalaureate education. The provinces with the highest dropout rates were: Cañar (3.6%), Esmeraldas (3.8%) and Morona Santiago (4.8%).
In 2020, Ecuador had 1,631 girls aged 10–14 years who gave birth, with the highest rates in the provinces of Morona Santiago and Esmeraldas. On average, in Ecuador 31% of girls and adolescents between 15 and 17 years of age suffered some type of sexual violence.
Peru school dropout rate:
In 2020, on average, 2.8% of students attending Peru’s Regular Basic Education left their studies before the end of the school year. In early education, 3.8% of girls and 3.9% of boys dropped out, making it the level with the highest dropout rate. Between 2019 and 2020, dropout rates increased by 0.5%.
The highest dropout rates for primary and secondary education took place in the departments of Loreto and Ucayali.
In 2020, approximately 1,155 girls aged 10–14 years gave birth in Peru. In other words, each day 3 babies were born to girls between 10 and 14 years of age. The departments with the highest fertility rates per 1,000 girls aged 10–14 years were Ucayali with 5.5%, Loreto with 3.2% and San Martín with 3%.
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