{"id":201183,"date":"2013-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=201183"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:07:37","slug":"auto-insert-201183","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-201183\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA study on school drop-out rates: At least 5,000 in 2010\/11 school year; – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA: At Least 5,000 Drop-outs in 2010\/11 School Year<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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1 October 2013
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لأونروا: 5,000 حالة تسرب مدرسي على الأقل في العام الدراسي 2010\/2011<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Reflecting its commitment to education as a vital investment in the human development of Palestine refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA) has published the results of a comprehensive study on students who drop out of school and the reasons for which they do so.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dr Caroline Pontefract, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Director of Education, noted: "The research provides important insights on the underlying causes that make students drop out of school. It will help Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA education staff, schools and teachers to identify warning signs and risk factors for drop-outs, and put in place preventive support mechanisms." The study will also provide an important baseline by which to measure the Agency's success in reducing drop-out rates.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Conducted during the 2011\/12 school year, the study examined 172 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In order to obtain a thorough understanding of the reasons that force students to drop out, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA educationalists interviewed students, their parents and their teachers, while the data was analysed by researchers at the University of York, UK, and the American Institute for Research, Washington, DC.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The study clusters its findings into 10 main reasons. It found that, overall, drop-outs indicated that academic-related issues – whether underachievement, lack of interest or fear of exams – were the most salient factors behind the decision to drop out.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The findings also revealed that students who have repeated a grade are over 10 times more likely to drop out than their peers who have not. In the 2010\/11 year, the majority of drop-outs Agency-wide, at 56 per cent, were male, and drop-out rates were higher in all-male schools than in all-female or coeducational schools. However, in Jordan, the rate was higher among females, with early marriage identified as a major factor. The study also shows that the majority of drop-outs, both male and female, had experienced at least one socioeconomic risk factor.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Education and skills training represents one of the Agency's most important services for Palestine refugees. Dr Pontefract emphasized that the findings of the study make a valuable contribution to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA efforts to provide high-quality, evidence-based education to the nearly 500,000 students it educates. She added that the study contributes as well to the wider discourse and understanding of the drop-out phenomenon, which the report describes as an "enduring world issue."<\/p><\/div>\n

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– Ends –<\/p><\/div>\n

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Background Information<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and is mandated to provide assistance and protection to a population of some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip to achieve their full potential in human development, pending a just solution to their plight. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, and microfinance.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Financial support to Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA has not kept pace with an increased demand for services caused by growing numbers of registered refugees, expanding need, and deepening poverty. As a result, the Agency's General Fund (GF), supporting Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA’s core activities and 97 per cent reliant on voluntary contributions, has begun each year with a large projected deficit. Currently the deficit stands at US$ 54.3 million.<\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Christopher Gunness<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Spokesperson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mobile: <\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)54 240 2659<\/p><\/div>\n

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Office: <\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)2 589 0267<\/p><\/div>\n

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Sami Mshasha<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Arabic Spokesperson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mobile: <\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)54 216 8295<\/p><\/div>\n

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Office: <\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)2 589 0724<\/p><\/div>\n

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s.mshasha@unrwa.org<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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