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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Assessment, Testing and Applied Measurement
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1477026

Before reaching the finish line: Incompletion of the tenth grade of schooling among youth in Nepal

Provisionally accepted
Shyam Thapa Shyam Thapa 1*Pintu Paul Pintu Paul 2
  • 1 Pokhara University, Pokhara, Nepal
  • 2 Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana, India

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    Objective: Incompletion of the basic levels of education is known to adversely affect the social and economic well-being of individuals, as well as a nation's prosperity. This paper analyzes the correlates of selected characteristics associated with the incompletion of 10 th grade among students in Nepal.: Data on 2,812 youth in ages 18-24, extracted from the 2016 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, are used to analyze the proportion of youth who did not complete the 10 th grade. The variations by contextual, household, and individual characteristics are analyzed through descriptive and multivariate logistic regression.Results: Among the age group of 18-24, the majority -67% of males and 69% of femalesdid not complete secondary school. Household wealth showed a consistent and strong effect on incompletion. Overall, the household wealth variable accounted for much of the variation in the incompletion of the 10 th grade across the country's provinces. Additionally, being married is associated with a higher likelihood of incompletion of secondary school, net of the influence of other factors.In Nepal, a significant number of students do not complete the 10 th grade of schooling. Sustained efforts, through targeted policies and interventions, are needed to ensure that students who begin secondary school do not leave before completing their education.

    Keywords: Nepal demographic and health survey, Youth population, incompletion of secondary education, schooling dropout, Nepal

    Received: 06 Aug 2024; Accepted: 17 Oct 2024.

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    * Correspondence: Shyam Thapa, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Nepal

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