Challenges old and new confront young people in their efforts to get a useful education.
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Over the past two decades, the number of students attending independent schools has grown faster than those attending public schools, particularly in high school.
Conditional cash transfers can increase access to education – but they need to be accompanied by other measures to boost literacy.
Deep-seated cultural practices – such as female genital mutilation and child marriage – prevent girls from making progress in school.
Disengagement from schooling puts students at a greater risk of permanently dropping out of school.
Special steps need to be taken to blunt the impact of school closures, particuarly on girls.
Australia is in the midst of a population boom. But Catholic school enrolments have been decreasing since 2013.
The transition from primary to secondary school can be tough for children socially and emotionally. Students also do less physical activity in secondary school, and need help with this transition too.
If we look at enrolment figures for public secondary schools, it’s untrue to say the steady drift towards private schools has been reversed.
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