New figures released last week by the government show a surprisingly high school drop out rate in Ireland. The worst areas in the country appear to be urban areas, particularly in Dublin where 26 schools had drop out rates above 50\%. Among these were several schools how had a retention rate of less than 60\% up to Junior Cert level. Broken down by gender, the rentention rate for girls was 83.8\% and boys was 72.1\%.
New figures released last week by the Irish Department of Education show a surprisingly high school drop out rate in Ireland. The worst areas in the country appear to be urban areas, particularly in Dublin where 26 schools had drop out rates above 50\%. Among these were several schools which had a retention rate of less than 60\% up to Junior Cert level. By gender, the rentention rates for girls were 83.8\% and boys were 72.1\%.
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