Summary
Schools don’t have enough teachers, and the money they get is not enough.
The review was done by the country’s top financial watchdog.
Key Points
3 points1
28‑42 % of learners leave school when moving from upper primary to higher secondary.
2
There is a shortage of qualified teachers across the state.
3
Insufficient funding and gaps in financial support worsen the problem.
New Words to Learn
8 wordstransition
moving from one school level to the next
dropout
a student who stops going to school
audit
a careful check of how money and rules are used
fund gaps
missing or not enough money for schools
teacher crunch
not having enough teachers
CAG
the country's main group that checks government money
upper primary
the school years before middle school
higher secondary
the school years after middle school
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