Veřejná správa a sociální politika 2022, 2(2):19-39 | DOI: 10.25142/vssp.2022.010

UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION DROP-OUT RATE – THE CZECH AND ICELANDIC EDUCATION POLICY AND RESPECTIVE
RESULTS COMPARISON

Sandra Brožová1
1 Katedra demografie, Fakulta informatiky a statistiky, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze

This article reflects the current social phenomena of high secondary school drop-out rate in Iceland and the perceived inaccessibility of upper secondary education for a significant part of the population year of 9th grade elementary school pupils in the  Czech  Republic. It is based
on Eu strategic documents for the development of educational policies and compares upper secondary education in the Czech Republic with    Iceland, i.e. a small, economically well-developed society, renowned for a high quality of life, measured by internationally comparable indicators. The result of the comparison is that the Icelandic secondary school system cannot be unequivocally labelled as better than the Czech one, as it shows a high dropout rate and thus a smaller share of the population with a fulfilled educational goal, i.e. upper secondary education attainment. The quality of the education system is a complex phenomenon, it can also be examined from the point of view of the difficulty of study requirements, the teacher´s qualification or the professional success of graduates, however, this comparative study focused only on one selected criterion of secondary school drop-out rate.

Keywords: education policy and budgeting, upper secondary education, Iceland

Received: September 15, 2022; Revised: October 17, 2022; Accepted: October 18, 2022; Published: February 24, 2023  Show citation

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RESULTS COMPARISON. Veřejná správa a sociální politika. 2022;2(2):19-39. doi: 10.25142/vssp.2022.010.
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