5 hours agoHow many Swiss children do they repeat the year?
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Recent data shows that 6.7% of primary school students repeated a year during their years at primary school (2012-2018) with significant differences between gender and canton. In Switzerland, education is conducted by 26 cantons of the nation and thus differs throughout the country. This points to the percentages of students repeating [...]
In Switzerland, education is conducted by 26 cantons of the nation and thus differs throughout the country. This points to percentages of students repeating one year elementary school, which ranged from 3.5% (GR) to 11.4% (LU). Cyril Canton (5.3%), Vaud (10.3%), Geneva (5.6%), Bernie (5.5%) and Basil (3.5%) were in the middle.
Schools around the world hold back students struggling to give them a second chance to master knowledge. Switzerland Not an exception
The possibility of repeating one year was 22% higher for boys (7.3%) than for girls (6.0%), who follow the boys ' general disadvantage at school.
The repetition of a year of elementary school is more likely among children with parents who have left their education after high school (12.8%) than those who have parents with university education (3.4%), writes Swiss media.
Moreover, children born outside Switzerland by foreign parents (10.0%) had 72% more likely to repeat a year than Swiss-born children in Switzerland (5.8%).
Living in an urban municipality (6.7%), rural (6.7%) or periphery (6.6%) seems to have made little difference.
The repetition rate in elementary school near the international average. In Europe, average 7.7% and vary from 1% to more than 22%. Beyond Europe, rates grow further in nations like Colombia and Morocco.
