Morocco: Middle school-aged researchers tackle school dropout head on

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Posted September 27, 2014 .
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Every year in Morocco, nearly 360,000 students drop out of school, and the problem most acute in middle school, where nearly 10 percent of students drop out. In order to develop solutions, young researchers interviewed their peers to discover the reasons why they leave school, which included a lack of transportation, early marriage and little academic support.