Aferdita Spahiu, UNICEF Kosovo 20 October, Geneva

 Girls in rural areas  Girls after grade 9  Roma, Ashkalija and Egyptian  Boys in upper secondary education

 Poverty  Lack of perspective  Distance to school  Mentality  Education level of parents………

 Parental involvement in schools  Parent Teachers Councils and schools engaged on students drop out

 a student who leaves school before completing a certain education level or a student who leaves without returning, during a given school year.

 Accuracy of the data  Estimations  Surveys

Model built on findings of a survey Five municipalities Specifics of areas/regions

 School drop out prevention reponse team  Mechanism to address the issue at the level of school and community.  Resource kit

 irregular school attendance  low learning achievements  family poverty  alcohol, substance abuse,smoking  perceived inferiority  lack of interest for school  skipping classes  Dropout prevention and reponse team

1. Contact the school drop out team 2. Action plan 3. Implementation of the action plan

 Cooperation between communities, parents, schools and government institutions  Parental involvement regulated by education law  Municipal action plans developed in seven municipalities  National action plan endorsed  Administrative instruction on response teams  PTAs active civil society

 Scaling up the model in compulsory schooling  Strengthen the role of students in prevention of school drop out at secondary education  Second chance for drop out students