MALTA DIARY
Malta with second largest number of early school leavers in Europe
Malta has the second largest number of early school leavers in Europe, with one out of every six students quitting school in their teenage years.
However, despite topping the list along Spain and Romania, Malta has managed to halve the share of early school leavers between 2006 and 2018, according to European data.
According to Eurostat, early school leavers are those aged between 18 and 24 with, at most, lower secondary education and who are not in further education or training.