The Impact of Violence on Schools in El Salvador

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Academic dropout rates due to insecurity have doubled in the last five years throughout El Salvador. Other top causes are “change of address” and “change of school,” accounting for 20,000 students who dropped out in 2014 alone. But Deputy Minister of Education, Francisco Castaneda, says he is convinced that gang phenomenon is a key factor in the dropout rates.

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