Indicator history

Spain counts with one of the highest figures of school failure in the European Union. Simplifying a lot we could say that the highest percentage of failure is among inmigrants and due to social, economic, cultural and language reasons and due to the  educational level of t their country of origin. With respect to gypsies the problem is socio-economic and mainly cultural. In many cases, formal education is not a priority for parents, specially in the case of girls. For them school failure is above 90%.   ECRI is concerned about illiteracy among Romany children, which particularly
affects girls (Point No. 67 of Cuarto Informe sobre España ECRI). Around 85% of Romany pupils do not complete compulsory secondary education. This is part of a more general phenomenon of early school drop out which affects around 30% of all pupils. Many are attracted by working opportunities in unskilled sectors.