Dropout rate higher at secondary school level, says Deputy Education Minister

By RAHIMY RAHIM, RAGANANTHINI VETHASALAM, GERARD GIMINO and TEH ATHIRA YUSOF

KUALA LUMPUR: The dropout rate is higher at the secondary school level compared to primary school level as many secondary school students prefer to start working due to poverty, Parliament heard.

Deputy Education Minister Lim Hui Ying said some of the students needed to support their families and chose to start working and not to continue their studies.

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