Educational dropout in Israel – general progress in the last decade
Educational dropout in Israel – general progress in the last decade

Summary/Abstract: In Israel, the awareness on the youth dropout from school problem has increased in the lastdecade. There is no doubt that dealing with this phenomenon poses a challenge to the Israelisociety and to the authorities responsible for educational services. It turns out that certaingroups among the Israeli population are at a higher risk of dropping out from school thanothers. As a result of it, many teenagers from these groups do not complete their high schoolstudies and are unable to integrate in a qualitative and significant manner in the army andthe labour market. Moreover, dropping out of the education system may have a significantimpact on the mental and economic well-being of young generations of citizens. Therefore,preventing the problem of dropout and helping the youths to get back into the loop is atremendous challenge to the Israeli education system. Even if in the last decade Israelregistered lower rates of educational dropout then before, middle, and high-school studentsare still struggling with the issue. Therefore, the article underlines theoretical aspectsregarding educational dropout as general framework and presents the specifics of thephenomenon in the Israelian educational system. The last part of the paper follows, basedon secondary data analysis extracted from national official data, the differences betweenthe two main state educational systems in Israel (Hebrew and Arabic) in terms of tendencieson educational dropout in the last ten school years. The data reveals that, even if there isprogress in preventing educational dropout in both systems, the Arabic system registerssignificantly higher rates that the Hebrew educational system.

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