Signals of the future of work (Sep. 2023)

Early School Dropouts: An Unresolved Issue in Spain

This month, the OECD, in its "Education at a Glance 2023" report, presented us with the state of education in our country. On the positive side, it highlights the enrollment rate of young people between the ages of 15 and 19, which stands at 88%, a figure higher than the OECD average and slightly above the European Union average. This rate has increased by 6.1 percentage points in the last 10 years. We find something similar in early childhood education. In Spain, more than half of the children aged two years or older (56%) are enrolled in school, compared to 43% in the OECD and 37.3% in the EU. The gap