Children and young adults living in low and lower middle income countries are less likely to exercise their right of education and advance from primary to secondary then to tertiary school compared to young adults in higher income countries.
In fact, school enrollment decreases significantly from 83% in primary to 8.6% in tertiary school. Based on thorough exploratory analysis, factors affecting low school enrollment rates in lower income countries include governments’ low expenditure on secondary and tertiary education, in addition to high pupil-to-teacher ratios. On average, low income governments spend 50% less on secondary education compared to primary. Moreover, these countries have 165% more students in classes compared to high income countries; thus, students do not receive sufficient attention to be able to fully understand key concepts which causes frustration among students thus drop outs.
Lower income countries are urged to look into better education expenditure distribution among educational levels, and to prioritize hiring more teachers in order to provide education and secure brighter futures for all children and young adults.