SCHOOL

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Children, adolescents and youth worldwide are out of school.

don’t build a relationship with your teachers,” Gist said. After primary education, junior high students go on to pursue either an academic track or a vocational track. The academic track includes literature, English, science and math courses, economics, arts and crafts, and physical education. Before transitioning to high school, students in the academic track will then take a nationwide two-day exam that determines where and what they will continue studying in high school. The vocational track is aimed at preparing students for labor-intensive jobs. Students begin with typical academic classes, but transition to technical training in the last few years. Taiwanese students have some of the highest test scores in the world, as well as a large percentage (over 80%) of students that continue their education after high school.

Of teachers find their workload unmanageable.

How much youth literacy rates have improved over the past two decades.