An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Reducing Early School Leaving in Slovakia
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Reducing Early School Leaving in Slovakia

Summary/Abstract: Early school leaving (ESL) has been recognized as one of the main challenges for European societies. The purpose of the paper is to provides basic data on ESL in Europe. The paper outlines the main factors causing ESL and presents examples of policies and measures to prevent or reduce it. Bringing up the issue of ESL, it shows on overview about the EU policy, main reasons, as well as some statistics data about ESL rates and national targets. It highlights strategies against ESL that are based on evidence consist of prevention, intervention and compensation measures, with spe¬cial emphasis on Slovakia, Slovakian education system and national policy aiming reducing ESL.

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