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Early school leavers

National strategies to tackle absenteeism and early leaving from education and training - 2024/2025

03 December 2025

This paper examines policies and measures implemented across 37 European education systems to address absenteeism and reduce early leaving from education and training (ELET), based on the Eurydice System-level indicators on ELET 2024/2025. It outlines key strategies, including early warning systems, actions to address student absenteeism, individual education plans for at-risk learners, and teacher training...

Structural indicators for monitoring education and training systems in Europe - 2023: Early leaving from education and training

30 November 2023

This report presents the results of the 2023 data collection on the Structural indicators in the area of early leaving from education and training (ELET). It contains indicators presenting top-level policies and measures in six relevant areas: early warning systems to prevent ELET; bullying and violence prevention in schools; teacher education and training on ELET...

Promoting diversity and inclusion in schools in Europe

10 October 2023

This report investigates existing national/top-level policies and measures that promote diversity and inclusion in school education. It focuses especially on learners who are most likely to experience disadvantage and/or discrimination in schools, including girls/boys, students from different migrant, ethnic and religious backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ students, and students with special educational needs or disabilities. The report highlights...

Structural indicators for monitoring education and training systems in Europe - 2022

18 November 2022

This year’s edition analyses more than 20 key structural indicators on education policies in early childhood education and care, achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training and higher education. It provides a short overview of major reforms since the 2014/15 school/academic year in these policy areas. The report includes for the first...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe - 2021

15 October 2021

This year’s edition analyses more than 20 key structural indicators on education policies in four areas: early childhood education and care, achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training and higher education. It additionally provides a short overview of major reforms since the start of the 2014/15 school/academic year in these policy areas...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe – 2019: Overview of major reforms since 2015

18 October 2019

This report contains more than 35 updated structural indicators on education policies for the 2018/19 school/academic year in six policy areas: early childhood education and care (ECEC), achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training (ELET), higher education, graduate employability and learning mobility. It additionally provides a short overview of the major reforms...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe – 2017

19 December 2018

This document contains data tables with more than 35 structural indicators on education policies in six areas: early childhood education and care (ECEC), achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training (ELET), higher education, graduate employability and learning mobility. It is an update of the report Structural indicators for Monitoring Education and Training...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe – 2018

19 December 2018

This document contains more than 30 structural indicators on education policies in five areas: early childhood education and care (ECEC), achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training (ELET), higher education and graduate employability. It is an update of the report Structural indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe 2016. The...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe 2016 – Thematic Overviews

19 February 2018

Which European countries provide specific guidelines and guaranteed places for early childhood education? Do schools receive additional resources for disadvantaged students? Where in Europe do teachers receive trainings to tackle students' early leaving and underachievement? Is informal learning recognised everywhere in Europe for entry into higher education? How common are work placements as part of...

Structural Indicators for Monitoring Education and Training Systems in Europe 2016

19 February 2018

Full version EN This Eurydice report contains more than 30 detailed structural indicators, up-to-date figures, definitions, country notes and a short analysis of recent key policy developments and reforms in five areas: early childhood education and care, achievement in basic skills, early leaving from education and training, higher education and graduate employability. The report provides...