Learning deficits and early school leaving: Evidence from a longitudinal study in India.

ABSTRACT: Although the relationship between learning deficits (LD) and early school leaving (ESL) is extensively acknowledged in studies from the Global North, fewer studies from the Global South have examined this relationship. We examined the levels and patterns of ESL among adolescents, relationship between LD and ESL and the gender dimensions, if any, in this relationship in India. We used data from a state-representative longitudinal study of adolescents aged 10-19 in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh states of India, conducted in 2015-16 and 2018-19. Descriptive analysis drew on data from adolescents ever enrolled in school (N = 11,476) and multivariate analyses used data from adolescents enrolled in school at wave 1 (N = 9,169). We used discrete-time hazard and fixed effects regression models to examin

SUBMITTER: Santhya KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12626265 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature