Kuwait | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)
Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school. Development relevance: Data on repeaters are often used to indicate an education system's internal efficiency. Repeaters not only increase the cost of education for the family and the school system, but also use limited school resources. Limitations and exceptions: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills. Statistical concept and methodology: Share of repeaters in primary school is calculated by dividing the sum of repeaters in all grades of primary school by the total number of students enrolled in primary school, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source
Kuwait | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 11.86683
1972 14.13721
1973 12.17568
1974 12.01097
1975 11.94393
1976 10.82543
1977 8.67647
1978 7.93259
1979 8.52463
1980 6.62588
1981 6.15976
1982 5.17665
1983 5.13272
1984 6.02549
1985 5.64191
1986 5.20191
1987 5.20473
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992 2.80353
1993
1994 4.15064
1995 3.85178
1996 3.46656
1997 3.36041
1998
1999 3.2622
2000 3.3378
2001 3.19335
2002 2.76642
2003 2.51597
2004 2.2253
2005 1.94995
2006
2007 0.91504
2008
2009
2010 0.68497
2011 0.76535
2012 0.59232
2013 0.58041
2014
2015
2016 0.71908
2017 0.5058
2018 0.51485
2019
2020
2021
2022
Kuwait | Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)
Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school. Development relevance: Data on repeaters are often used to indicate an education system's internal efficiency. Repeaters not only increase the cost of education for the family and the school system, but also use limited school resources. Limitations and exceptions: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills. Statistical concept and methodology: Share of repeaters in primary school is calculated by dividing the sum of repeaters in all grades of primary school by the total number of students enrolled in primary school, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
State of Kuwait
Records
63
Source