Music Good evening ladies and gentlemen, this is Brendan with Youth News Europe, your concern, our focus. Recently we found this article in the Belgian press, it shows us that 11 to 13% of the youngsters leave school without graduating. To find out why this is happening, we went out onto the street with another inquiry. We asked random people three questions, since this is about school, we think it's a very interesting subject and we are eager to share our findings with you. The first question we asked was, how long do you have to go to school according to the law? Let us begin by giving you the correct answer. In Belgium, we have to go to school until the year you become 18. When we look at the answers given, we see a distinct difference between the answers to the youngsters and those of the adults. Looking at the charts, you notice that 71% of the adults think that 18 is the correct answer, whereas 54% of the youngsters agree almost a quarter of the youngsters believe it's 16. There might be confused because in Belgium you can start partly education from the age of 15 or 16. This means that the student goes to school for two days, works for three days, and however, even if they are in partly education, the pupils will not graduate until they are 18. The next question was, what is the percentage of pupils who graduate from secondary school? This is hard to say. The differences between the regions in Belgium are too big. In general, we can say that in foreigners one hour of ten, this is not graduate from secondary school. However, the percentage in Brussels is higher, almost 30%. According to our findings, we can state that most people have quite a negative image concerning to this topic. 38% think it is 60% to 70% that graduate, 36% think it is 70% to 80%. The last question we asked was, for which reason do pupils not finish secondary school? The option they could choose from were, school history of the parents, general lack of interests, social and ethnic background or other options. Almost half of the interviewed people said that lack of interest is the main reason why youngsters are not finished school. Another core thing she does to do with social and ethnic background. The actual reasons why youngsters are not finished school are very much alike. It is often said that a lot of young people lose their interest and motivation to go to school. The school system does face as many challenges to keep young people interested and motivated till the end. My name is Levy, this was Youth News Europe brought to you by S.O. Zainet, and we thank you for watching your concern our focus.