Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | Progression to secondary school (%)
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year). Development relevance: The effective transition rate from primary to secondary education conveys the degree of access or transition between the two levels. As completing primary education is a prerequisite for participating in lower secondary education, growing numbers of primary completers will inevitably create pressure for more available places at the secondary level. A low effective transition rate can signal such problems as an inadequate examination and promotion system or insufficient secondary education capacity. Limitations and exceptions: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality. Statistical concept and methodology: Effective transition rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants in the first grade of secondary education in a given year (t) by the number of students who enrolled in the final grade of primary education in the previous school year (t-1) minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year (t), 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).
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The World Bank
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
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Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | Progression to secondary school (%)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
63.96928 1970
70.74123 1971
79.23121 1972
79.33957 1973
79.85158 1974
80.43198 1975
82.20837 1976
82.41112 1977
84.10061 1978
85.39872 1979
83.67389 1980
87.4483 1981
86.75624 1982
82.36908 1983
82.97794 1984
84.91452 1985
85.1642 1986
85.60482 1987
86.05611 1988
87.33932 1989
88.18857 1990
89.74339 1991
90.67916 1992
89.74826 1993
90.55851 1994
90.91665 1995
91.28658 1996
91.83754 1997
93.01483 1998
93.53196 1999
93.75601 2000
94.85292 2001
94.49527 2002
94.0383 2003
94.05214 2004
94.16532 2005
94.47411 2006
94.39391 2007
94.8494 2008
94.62635 2009
94.6471 2010
94.47452 2011
94.66631 2012
94.77297 2013
94.645 2014
94.69701 2015
94.77442 2016
94.93605 2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) | Progression to secondary school (%)
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year). Development relevance: The effective transition rate from primary to secondary education conveys the degree of access or transition between the two levels. As completing primary education is a prerequisite for participating in lower secondary education, growing numbers of primary completers will inevitably create pressure for more available places at the secondary level. A low effective transition rate can signal such problems as an inadequate examination and promotion system or insufficient secondary education capacity. Limitations and exceptions: The quality of data on the transition rate is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished. Students who interrupt their studies after completing primary education could also affect data quality. Statistical concept and methodology: Effective transition rate is calculated by dividing the number of new entrants in the first grade of secondary education in a given year (t) by the number of students who enrolled in the final grade of primary education in the previous school year (t-1) minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year (t), 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
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source