Dropouts & Retention – Keeping Students in School
Keeping Students in School — 2026 Edition — A child rarely drops out on a single day. Leaving school is usually a slow drift — a few missed weeks, a failed exam, a family crisis, a job that pays today — until one morning the child simply does not return. Multiplied across the world, that…
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What This Report Covers
Report Contents
- The Quiet Emergency of Leaving School
- How Many Are Out — The Global Scale
- Completion — Finishing What Was Started
- Why Students Leave — The Causes of Dropout
- The Cost of Dropping Out
- Where the World Is Left Behind — Regional & Gender Patterns
- Dropouts & Retention in India
- India's Retention Toolkit — Meals, Money & Policy
- What Keeps Students In — The Evidence on Retention
- References & Sources
Discussion & Debate
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