YEREVAN. – The National Center of Educational Technologies of Armenia issued statistics on the number of children who left school, or did not finish their education, in the country, in the 2013/14 academic year.

Accordingly, 250 children—36 of whom girls—in Armenia either left their studies or left school in the aforesaid school year.

It was found out that 143 of these schoolchildren had to resort to this step due to their poor social conditions, 59 children’s’ parents did not permit their kids to continue their studies, one child had hearing issues, three others faced mobility challenges, five children suffered mental problems, three kids had multiple disabilities, and five schoolchildren had died. 

In addition, 25 boys in Armenia did not continue their studies because they were sent to penitentiaries.

Data for the 2014/15 academic year will be available in fall.